Art Is Craft, Not Inspiration.

Making Lyrics Feel Natural, Sit On Music In Such A Way That You Dont Feel The Effort Of The Author, So That They Shine And Bubble And Rise And Fall, Is Very, Very Hard To Do. Whereas You Can Sit At The Piano And Just Play And Feel Youre Making Art.

Lemuel Ayers Had Had A Huge Success Producing And Designing Kiss Me, Kate. He Wanted To Produce This As A Musical. I Got The Job. It Was A Professional Score.

I Like Neurotic People. I Like Troubled People. Not That I Don't Like Squared-away People, But I Prefer Neurotic People. I Like To Hear Rumblings Beneath The Surface.

Nowadays, There Are Sometimes More Producers Than There Are People In The Cast, Because It Takes That Much Money To Put A Show On.

So Here's To The Girls On The Go Everybody Tries. Look Into Their Eyes, And You'll See What They Know: Everybody Dies. A Toast To That Invincible Bunch, The Dinosaurs Surviving The Crunch. Let's Hear It For The Ladies Who Lunch Everybody Rise!