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" 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

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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. "

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

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

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

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" I do enjoy Singapore very much. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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.' "

" 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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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