My main goal is to tell a story.

Just remember, Someone is on your side (our side) Someone else is not While we're seeing our side Maybe we forgot: they are not alone. No one is alone.

Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

I've always liked puzzles, since I was a kid. I like party games, silly games. I loved chess. I enjoy jigsaw puzzles, but I'm not particularly visual.

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

Hit songs did not come out of musicals. Pop-rock was creating the hits. There were very few songs that made the charts out of any Broadway musical.

In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb the piece.