By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur.

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.

My parents got divorced and military school gave me a structure. A lot of kids my age were children of divorced parents. They didn't know what to do with the kids.

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

The concerts you enjoy together/ Neighbors you annoy together/ Children you destroy together,/ That keep marriage in tact.

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.

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