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" 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. "

Tim Rice

Evil

Motivation

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I do enjoy Singapore very much. "

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

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

Tim Rice

Partnerships

Than

" 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.' "

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

" I love watching 'Pointless.' "

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

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

Tim Rice

Politics

Natural

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

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

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

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Think

Person

" 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. "

" 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

Thought

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

Tim Rice

Mean

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

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Talking

Get

" 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. "

" Although I've got lots of pals in showbiz, I haven't got that many close friends. "