If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

There's something inimical about the camera and song.

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

I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is songs used to tell a story.

Ah, but if you have no expectations, You can never have a disappointment.

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.