Negative things, and they were all deliberate and I'm not going to say who they were but I know who they were and it was in the business, and that's not a good sign.

The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain's gale-force waters.

No matter what they tell you, no matter what they do, no matter what they teach you, what you believe is true.

What strikes me is that theres a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.

People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't.

I often think of random melodies. And I pretty much hear in my head what I want to do with the orchestra as I'm writing on the piano.

As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.

Love can make a summer fly, or a night seem like a lifetime.

Surely, you go to the theater because you want to have a great evening in the theater.

I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of do, I might do two or three key interviews and that would be it.

No more memories, no more silent tears. No more gazing across the wasted years. Help me say goodbye.

If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

Do not be disappointed if no one appreciates your true feelings, because they do not deserve them.

Expectations are the shackles that will not permit something to be what it actually is.

Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied all of them and it became trendy and then it became a style.

Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

I close with two words, ‘Kill ISIS!’ God bless you all!

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

I've let a lot of my type A personality go. When you have a kid, the messiness doesn't matter anymore.

Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.