Music Is Structure Out Of Chaos

By The Time I Was 22, I Was A Professional. A Young And Flawed Professional, But Not An Amateur.

Musical Comedies Aren't Written, They Are Rewritten.

Success Is Like Failure, It's How You Perceive It, It's What You Do With It, Not How You Achieve It.

Music Straightjackets A Poem And Prevents It From Breathing On Its Own, Whereas It Liberates A Lyric. Poetry Doesn't Need Music; Lyrics Do.

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.