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" Although I've got lots of pals in showbiz, I haven't got that many close friends. "
Tim Rice
Friends
Many
Got
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" Very few artistic partnerships last more than 10 years, and if they do they tend to go down the tubes. "
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Than
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" One of the problems with musicals and opera is you can't ever hear all the words. "
Tim Rice
Words
Hear
Opera
" There was so much on 'Superstar' that we didn't intend. I mean, there were things that we did which were innovative, but some of them were forced on us because we couldn't get anybody to do the show. 'Evita' was much more sophisticated. That doesn't make it better, but it does make it different. We knew what we were doing. "
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Us
Mean
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" I went to religious schools. I wasn't that enthusiastic, by and large, but it sunk in. "
Tim Rice
Large
Schools
Enthusiastic
" I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it. "
Tim Rice
History
Listening
Love
" The biggest lesson I had in my life was failure. "
Tim Rice
Lesson
My Life
Failure
" I would like to write a play. "
Tim Rice
Would
Like
Write
" When I went to do law, I kind of drifted through that and thought, 'I can pass these exams.' And I didn't - I failed three times, and each time I did worse and failed by a bigger margin. And that taught me so much. "
Tim Rice
Law
Me
Thought
" It's a cliche, but most people are good at something, and most people are good at what they're enthusiastic about. "
Tim Rice
People
Most
Good
" I like to write in fairly everyday language - I've always tried to write lyrics that, if people would speak the words, it wouldn't sound like a song. "
Tim Rice
Words
Language
Speak
" I hate doing interviews. I get really bored talking about me. "
Tim Rice
Talking
Me
Get
" I always wanted to swim the Channel, which is insane. "
Tim Rice
Which
Wanted
Swim
" I have always been obsessed with America, the geography, the history, and, of course, the music. I've been lucky enough to have travelled through the country a lot, and, in a kind of anorak way, I've noted which states I've visited and which ones I've been to most often and all that sort of detail. "
Tim Rice
Enough
America
Music
" I worked in a petrol station on the A1 one summer. I enjoyed it except when I was on latrine duty. "
Tim Rice
Petrol
Duty
Enjoyed
" Digital is a disaster. No digital radio has the correct time and they don't even agree with each other. "
Tim Rice
Digital
Correct
Disaster
" I have radios everywhere around the house, very old battered ones that I've had for years and years. None of them are digital. "
Tim Rice
Digital
Years
Old
" I love trains. I don't even mind First Great Western, which is a stupid name because it implies every carriage is first class, but they're not. "
Tim Rice
Class
Stupid
Name
" I always think 'Pity the Child' is a goodie. And I've always liked a song called 'Heaven Help My Heart,' which is quite a corny number. "
Tim Rice
Help
Heaven
Heart
" I think Barry Gibb would be a wonderful person to work with. Because he just writes good tunes. "
Tim Rice
Think
Person
He
" I hope 'Chess' will hit the big screen. It seems a natural to me. Good venues, tunes, and politics. "
Tim Rice
Me
Politics
Natural
" He's a very natural chap. The public David Essex is the same as the private one. He's laid-back, charming, funny. There's no side to him. "
Tim Rice
He
Natural
Him
" I must have written 15 lyrics for 'The Lion King,' and only five or six were used. Some were scenes that disappeared, some were earlier versions of songs that didn't work, or else the characters changed. "
Tim Rice
Used
Lion
Only
" I recently declined to support a Conservative function because I'm so incensed about these wind turbines. Like all so-called climate-change doubters, I am very pro the environment, but I strongly believe that it is something that can only be cured locally. Some insane overall scheme isn't going to cure all the problems. "
Tim Rice
Wind
I Am
Problems
" September is my favourite month, particularly in Cornwall. I felt, even as a child, that if you get a wonderful day in September, you think: 'This could be one of the last, the summer is nearly over.' If you get a wonderful day in May, you think: 'So what, there's more coming.' "
Tim Rice
Child
Day
Month
" To find a new British composer who is really good is rare. "
Tim Rice
New
Good
Find
" You've got to have a young element in a show. Any project needs youth and dynamism as well old codgerdom and experience. "
Tim Rice
Youth
Experience
Project
" There is already huge public interest in stage musicals. "
Tim Rice
Public
Musicals
Interest
" I am sure if you went back to the days of 'My Fair Lady,' they would have had one public dress rehearsal, and that is it. And in a way, I would like to go back to that. "
Tim Rice
I Am
You
Way
" I think failure is the best thing for some people. It tells you whether you're in the right job or the wrong one. "
Tim Rice
Job
Think
People
" And all the good you've done will soon be swept away, You've begun to matter more than the things you say. "
Tim Rice
Good
Matter
Done