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

Automobile in America,Chromium steel in America,Wire-spoke wheel in America,Very big deal in America!Immigrant goes to America,Many hellos in America,Nobody knows in America,Puerto Rico's in America!I like the shores of America!Comfort is yours in America!Knobs on the doors in America!Wall-to-wall floors in America!

The only reason to write is from love.

I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.

Math was my big interest when I was in prep school. I was considering taking math in college, and majoring in it.

When I listen to my work, I think, what's so inflammatory about it? It's not really that dissonant. A lot of people who used to hate my stuff have come round to it.

Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.