I've always juggled a lot of projects because at least half the projects you do get shelved. So you have to do a lot of things in order for things to move forward.

If you write enough musicals you pretty much have a sense of where they should go, what you'll need, and when; how to pull people on that journey.

The best parts about writing a show are [its] first, second and 10th anniversaries. Everything else is relative levels of hell.

Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically dramatic work.

I've been very fortunate as a composer to be involved with projects that have really propelled my scores forward. I'm very proud of it.

I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so important to me emotionally.

I will find my wayI can go the distanceI'll be there somedayIf I can be strongI know every mile will be worth my whileI would go most anywhere to feel like I belong

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.

When the Christian faith becomes defined by who we are and what we do and not by who Christ is and what he did for us, we miss the gospel - and we, ironically, become more disobedient.

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

One can make a joke, but one can't be one.

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out

Age is a limit we impose on ourselves.

All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.

People who haven’t red hair don’t know what trouble is.

If you pursue two hares, both will escape you.