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

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.

Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone

I'm sure many writers have these strange, tiny little habits.

You get used to the exact amount of space between lines. You write a word and then you write an alternate word over it. You want enough room so you can read it, so the lines can't be too close.

I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.