I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I was writing songs.

Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.

Slotted spoons don't hold much soup.

I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.

I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I was writing songs.

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people.