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.

A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised 'til it's close to perfection... But achieving perfection takes a lot of energy.

I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or band records.

In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.

The difference between a cow and a bean is a bean can begin an adventure.

Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself.

It's pleasanter to work in the country, where you can wander out among the trees. But I don't get as much work done. In the city you don't want to leave the room because there's all that chaos going on.