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.

I'm before him on my knees, and he kisses me He assumes I lose my reason and I do. Men are stupid, men are vain, Love's disgusting, love's insane, A humiliating business-oh how true.

Oh if life were made of moments Even now and then a bad one--! But if life were only moments, Then you'd never know you had one.

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

It's age. It's a diminution of energy and the worry that there are no new ideas. It's an increasing lack of confidence. I'm not the only one. I've checked with other people.

With videotaping, on the second generation you're already losing some of the freshness.

I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged.