As long as your intention is pure, and you know what you're in it for, then you're alright. And I'm in it because I enjoy it. I take it seriously... real seriously. I mean I could sit and talk all day about the music.

The biggest sacrifice to me is to not be in an atmosphere where I can keep writing and moving forward.

We want to have a spontaneous adventure. You can't plan an adventure, or it ceases to be one.

I think the Internet is going to open up a lot of possibilities with music, and the shake-up of power is exciting to me.

What happens if you start drawing squares? Well, I'd say the answer to that is, don't get famous for drawing circles.

I feel a great responsibility to deliver for our audience ... I am like their servant, but there's only one honest way to lift people up, which is to feel genuinely elevated yourself. And the way to do that is follow your heart. That's all we try to do.

I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.