Every Day A Little Death.

I Firmly Believe Lyrics Have To Breathe And Give The Audience's Ear A Chance To Understand What's Going On. Particularly In The Theater, Where You Have Costume, Story, Acting, Orchestra.

Musicals Are, By Nature, Theatrical, Meaning Poetic, Meaning Having To Move The Audience's Imagination And Create A Suspension Of Disbelief, By Which I Mean There's No Fourth Wall.

Everyone Tells Tiny Lies, What's Important Really Is The Size.

Music Straightjackets A Poem And Prevents It From Breathing On Its Own, Whereas It Liberates A Lyric. Poetry Doesn't Need Music; Lyrics Do.

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.