I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.

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

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father. I liked my father a lot, he was a swell fellow, but I didn’t see him very often because my mother was bitter about him and did everything she could to prevent me from seeing him.

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

There's something inimical about the camera and song.

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

Teaching is a sacred profession. And art is a form of teaching.