If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.

I like songs that are part of a dramatic texture, and therefore I like the scenes to be active. I wanna follow the story and that means you lean on the actors.

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

I was never much of a reader. I'm a slow reader, which is unusual, because I'm so into language and I love words so much. But it's hard for me to read.

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people.

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