I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it.

Now, this one might be a little stringy, but then again, it's fiddle player." That isn't fiddle player, it's piccolo player." How can you tell?" It's PIPING hot!" Then blow on it first!

Pointillism takes emotional images, character, etc., and makes them all come together and make a whole that tells a story.

I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is songs used to tell a story.

Lemuel Ayers had had a huge success producing and designing Kiss Me, Kate. He wanted to produce this as a musical. I got the job. It was a professional score.

Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.