The Only Reason To Write Is From

I Played The Organ When I Went To Military School, When I Was 10. They Had A Huge Organ, The Second-largest Pipe Organ In New York State. I Loved All The Buttons And The Gadgets. I've Always Been A Gadget Man.

If You're Dealing With A Musical In Which You're Trying To Tell A Story, It's Got To Sound Like Speech. At The Same Time It's Got To Be A Song.

One Of The Hardest Things About Writing Lyrics Is To Make The Lyrics Sit On The Music In Such A Way That You're Not Aware There Was A Writer There.

Sometimes I'll Ask The Book Writer To Write A Monologue, Not To Be Performed, Just As If They Were Notes For The Character.

Bit By Bit, Putting It Together... Piece By Piece, Only Way To Make A Work Of Art. Every Moment Makes A Contribution, Every Little Detail Plays A Part. Having Just The Vision's No Solution, Everything Depends On Execution, Putting It Together, That's What Counts.