Generally, The Best Recording Is The Original

If You Told Me To Write A Love Song Tonight, I'd Have A Lot Of Trouble. But If You Tell Me To Write A Love Song About A Girl With A Red Dress Who Goes Into A Bar And Is On Her Fifth Martini And Is Falling Off Her Chair, That's A Lot Easier, And It Makes Me Free To Say Anything I Want.

I Fell Into Lyric Writing Because Of Music. I Backed Into It.

Take A Play That You Like But You Think Is Flawed, And See If You Can Improve It And Turn It Into A Musical. [...] Then Make Up Your Own Story.

I Don't Write Songs Apart From Theatrical Pieces. I'm Not Interested In Writing Songs Qua Songs.

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