Writing Is A Form Of Mischief.

Todd: The History Of The World, My Love -- Lovett: Save A Lot Of Graves, Do A Lot Of Relatives Favors! Todd: Is Those Below Serving Those Up Above! Lovett: Ev'rybody Shaves, So There Should Be Plenty Of Flavors! Todd: How Gratifying For Once To Know Both: That Those Above Will Serve Those Down Below!

You Get Used To The Exact Amount Of Space Between Lines. You Write A Word And Then You Write An Alternate Word Over It. You Want Enough Room So You Can Read It, So The Lines Can't Be Too Close.

Just Remember, Someone Is On Your Side (our Side) Someone Else Is Not While We're Seeing Our Side Maybe We Forgot: They Are Not Alone. No One Is Alone.

Hit Songs Did Not Come Out Of Musicals. Pop-rock Was Creating The Hits. There Were Very Few Songs That Made The Charts Out Of Any Broadway Musical.

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.