I think I'm one of the very lucky ladies.

And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy.

If you just literally stand still for a while, listen and think, things will eventually get sorted out.

I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis.

On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.

I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.

I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.

In a way I do hate the process of writing. It's like learning a role where you never think you're going to be able to conquer it when you start and it just takes enough focus and narrowing and getting enthusiastic and not losing it and so on. It's never good enough, but you aim for something and you hope it comes somewhat close. But it is a pleasure once you have written it.

I was fortunate enough to work at the peak of the great golden age of musicals. And then for awhile, I think they were being advanced in different ways. Andrew Lloyd-Webber brought the rock beat to musicals; people tried different things. The joy of musicals is that there is no perfect recipe; it is what you throw into it.