Oh If Life Were Made Of Moments

He Came From A Rock Band And Even Though He Was Not A Lead Singer, I Knew He Was Musical Just From That. I Also Knew That He Was Intelligent Enough From Talking To Him, That He Would Not Play This Part Unless He Could Handle It Vocally. I Knew He Was Not About To Get Up There And Have To Have His Voice Dubbed Or Come Off Croaking. So Johnny Depp Casted Johnny Depp. I Trusted Him Entirely. I Knew That He Was No Fool And He Would Only Do It If He Felt He Could Handle It. I Told Him To Listen To The Score Carefully And If You Can Handle It, Fine By Me, And I Was Right.

A Song Is Such A Short Form ... That 'the Slightest Flaw Seems Like A Mountain.' And So Every Song Needs To Be Revised 'til It's Close To Perfection... But Achieving Perfection Takes A Lot Of Energy.

White. A Blank Page Or Canvas. So Many Possibilities.

So Many Good Songs Get Written Fast, Because You Know Exactly What Has To Work.

For Me It's More Fun To Find An Unexpected Moment For A Character To Sing When You Don't Expect Them To.