I think writing for a world one has invented can be infinitely more interesting than writing for the world we've all inherited.

I don't want to own her, but I can't let her have it both ways. There is one too many of us.

I first had the thought about making a musical of 'Edwin Drood' as far back as 1971.

Kipling said that Success and Failure are both imposters, and we should all listen to Kipling, if only because none of us are likely to know anybody else named Rudyard. But having been bitten in my life by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death.

I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a new form, I discover all the things that make that an exciting medium. I've been very busy most of my career. I've had very few vacations.

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long, like a worn-out recording of a favorite song.