28 Quotes by Tom Kitt

Most people who think they're happy are really just stupid.

One of the arrangements I'm really proud of is '21 Guns' because the chorus has this descending bass line with a suspended type of progression that immediately screamed 'Bach' to me.

Any musical is a major undertaking.

I didn't want to box myself into writing just rock music because you can try to force it into moments that don't want it.

In the back of my mind, when we were developing 'Next to Normal,' I always heard Alice Ripley.

'Cabaret' was one of the first pieces of musical theater I saw that showed the possibilities of what musical theater can do.

It's all about the audience and the people who support your work and respond to it. So, anytime I hear that 'Next to Normal' is affecting people, it goes beyond my wildest dreams of what I set out to do when I started to write 'Next to Normal.'

Alice Ripley was someone who had had a huge effect on me when I had gotten out of college and decided that this was the road I wanted to take - to write musicals.

The thing about 'Next to Normal' is that it really is an ensemble piece for six actors. They are all asked to do very important things in the show, and I think all six are equal in terms of telling the story.