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" I always wanted to swim the Channel, which is insane. "

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" You've got to have a young element in a show. Any project needs youth and dynamism as well old codgerdom and experience. "

" 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. "

" The biggest lesson I had in my life was failure. "

" I have a fear of doing stuff that's not very good and being remembered for that. "

" In the Bible, there is absolutely no motivation for Judas, other than that he is sort of a 100 percent figure of evil. And it seemed to me that that was probably not the case. "

" If you now have 20 previews, you will regard 19 of them as super-rehearsals, which is fine, except you are being watched by thousands. I remember suggesting on more than one show over the years, 'Let's not have any previews.' But no one agreed with me. If you could do that, however, it would be a great gimmick - no previews, just opening night. "

" 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. "

" Most of my friends tend to be people who I've known since I was at school. "

" We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream it, then it's real. You are what you feel. "

" I have radios everywhere around the house, very old battered ones that I've had for years and years. None of them are digital. "

" I hope 'Chess' will hit the big screen. It seems a natural to me. Good venues, tunes, and politics. "

" One of the problems with musicals and opera is you can't ever hear all the words. "

" 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. "

" I love watching 'Pointless.' "

" I would love to write a song with the Everly brothers. But it's probably best not to work with someone you admire: they'll just show up your inadequacies. "

" I think failure is the best thing for some people. It tells you whether you're in the right job or the wrong one. "

" I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it. "

" To find a new British composer who is really good is rare. "

" Very few artistic partnerships last more than 10 years, and if they do they tend to go down the tubes. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out. "

" 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. "

" I worked in a petrol station on the A1 one summer. I enjoyed it except when I was on latrine duty. "

" I would like to write a play. "

" 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. "

" Two songs I like are 'High Flying Adored' and 'Another Suitcase Another Hall,' both from 'Evita.' "

" In the world of musical theatre, if everyone says it's a good idea, you wonder why nobody has done it before. "

" I hate doing interviews. I get really bored talking about me. "

" There is already huge public interest in stage musicals. "