It's pleasanter to work in the country, where you can wander out among the trees. But I don't get as much work done. In the city you don't want to leave the room because there's all that chaos going on.

They all deserve to die. Even you, Mrs. Lovett Even I. Because the lives of the wicked should be made brief For the rest of us death would be relief.

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

For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

Sometimes colleagues in performance are absolutely astonishing.

For me it's more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don't expect them to.