It's not so much do what you like as it is that you like what you do.

Every day a little death.

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

My main goal is to tell a story.

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.

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra.

No one has ever known me as clearly as you. No one has ever shown me that love allows everything. Not pretty or safe or easy but something I never knew. Love within reason, that isn't love and I learned that from you.