I played the organ when I went to military school, when I was 10. They had a huge organ, the second-largest pipe organ in New York State. I loved all the buttons and the gadgets. I've always been a gadget man.

My main goal is to tell a story.

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.

Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone

The more you cling to things, The more you love them, The more the pain you suffer, When they're taken from you.

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.

In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb the piece.