Hit songs did not come out of musicals. Pop-rock was creating the hits. There were very few songs that made the charts out of any Broadway musical.

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.

Content dictates form and style.

The man i'll never be, Who remembers him?

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

I don't like the word 'career'. When somebody says to me, 'oh, you've had such a wonderful career', I think, 'career - that's after you're dead.' I just don't think that way.

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