Johnny Depp's performance is quite remarkable. Sweeney's desire for revenge and the simmering anger and hurt that he feels carry the story forward, and Johnny finds the most remarkable variety within that narrow set of emotions. The intensity is at a boil all the time and he never drops it. It's real anger.

Perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart.

The only reason to write is from love.

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

Now, this one might be a little stringy, but then again, it's fiddle player." That isn't fiddle player, it's piccolo player." How can you tell?" It's PIPING hot!" Then blow on it first!

Music is structure out of Chaos

Take a play that you like but you think is flawed, and see if you can improve it and turn it into a musical. [...] Then make up your own story.