In The Rodgers And Hammerstein Generation, Popular

Every Day A Little Death.

Perpetual Anticipation Is Good For The Soul But It's Bad For The Heart.

The Last Collaborator Is Your Audience ... When The Audience Comes In, It Changes The Temperature Of What You've Written. Things That Seem To Work Well -- Work In A Sense Of Carry The Story Forward And Be Integral To The Piece -- Suddenly Become A Little Less Relevant Or A Little Less Functional Or A Little Overlong Or A Little Overweight Or A Little Whatever. And So You Start Reshaping From An Audience.

Generally, The Best Recording Is The Original Cast, Because That's The Way The Piece Grew: Integrally, With Them.

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