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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. "
Tim Rice
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" One of the problems with musicals and opera is you can't ever hear all the words. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I have radios everywhere around the house, very old battered ones that I've had for years and years. None of them are digital. "
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" Although I've got lots of pals in showbiz, I haven't got that many close friends. "
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Many
Got
" I think failure is the best thing for some people. It tells you whether you're in the right job or the wrong one. "
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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. "
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" I do enjoy Singapore very much. "
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Singapore
Much
Enjoy
" To find a new British composer who is really good is rare. "
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New
Good
Find
" I always wanted to swim the Channel, which is insane. "
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Which
Wanted
Swim
" 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. "
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You
Remember
Night
" I hope 'Chess' will hit the big screen. It seems a natural to me. Good venues, tunes, and politics. "
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Me
Politics
Natural
" 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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Words
Language
Speak
" I would like to write a play. "
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Would
Like
Write
" I hate doing interviews. I get really bored talking about me. "
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Talking
Me
Get
" 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. "
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Law
Me
Thought
" 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.' "
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Child
Day
Month
" I think Barry Gibb would be a wonderful person to work with. Because he just writes good tunes. "
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Think
Person
He
" 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. "
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I Am
You
Way
" In the world of musical theatre, if everyone says it's a good idea, you wonder why nobody has done it before. "
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Done
You
World
" It's a cliche, but most people are good at something, and most people are good at what they're enthusiastic about. "
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People
Most
Good
" 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. "
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Help
Heaven
Heart
" 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. "
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He
Evil
Motivation
" I worked in a petrol station on the A1 one summer. I enjoyed it except when I was on latrine duty. "
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Petrol
Duty
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" There is already huge public interest in stage musicals. "
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Public
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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
More
" Digital is a disaster. No digital radio has the correct time and they don't even agree with each other. "
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" Two songs I like are 'High Flying Adored' and 'Another Suitcase Another Hall,' both from 'Evita.' "
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Suitcase
Songs
" 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. "
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Class
Stupid
Name