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

When you trance out properly, when you're completely in that world, there is no other world, so there's no conflict.

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

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.

I like neurotic people. I like troubled people. Not that I don't like squared-away people, but I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

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.

On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point.