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" 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. "

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

" I do enjoy Singapore very much. "

" Digital is a disaster. No digital radio has the correct time and they don't even agree with each other. "

" I think Barry Gibb would be a wonderful person to work with. Because he just writes good tunes. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" It's a cliche, but most people are good at something, and most people are good at what they're enthusiastic about. "

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

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

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

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

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

" And all the good you've done will soon be swept away, You've begun to matter more than the things you say. "

" 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 went to religious schools. I wasn't that enthusiastic, by and large, but it sunk in. "

" 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. "