I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year.

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There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like...

There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like...

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like...

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like...

I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

I was talking to my spiritual advisor. I got a letter from somebody who said...

I was talking to my spiritual advisor. I got a letter from somebody who said...

Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart...

Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart...

When I got to Broadway, I conducted five Broadway shows.

When I got to Broadway, I conducted five Broadway shows.

It's an interesting line that I walk. The AIDS crisis has done a lot for...

It's an interesting line that I walk. The AIDS crisis has done a lot for...

I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes...

I'm trying to have everything that I put into the world be something that makes...

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is...

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is...

I'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100...

I'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100...

I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere.

I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere.

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often...

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often...

I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a...

I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a...

I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.

I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.

I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come...

I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come...

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is...

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is...

I write and direct the Duke University Children's Hospital Benefit every year.

I write and direct the Duke University Children's Hospital Benefit every year.

For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said,...

For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said,...

It sometimes feels like I'm not doing anything.

It sometimes feels like I'm not doing anything.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.