If I could perform on stage with any musical act or performer, it would be Sugar Ray, just to fulfill my childhood dream of singing with Mark McGrath.
When I read a daring book or listen to rebellious music, I feel like I've found what freedom really means.
I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were musical virgins, and introduced them to the form.
It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.
It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.
Everything can't be a postage-stamp-sized project. Everything can't be a chamber piece. Musicals aren't even meant to be that, or identified with it... It's none of it simple.
The only thing that ever came close to tugging my heart strings is music. I know this because that is the only time I've felt them move.
The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.
Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note.
I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.
I remember seeing the first Astaire-Rogers musical on television, and I couldn't believe how beautiful it was. It dawned on me that you don't have to wear a cowboy hat to be a man.
If it weren't for acid, you might not have an IPod, and you definitely would not have some of the best music in your IPod.
We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were part of that era.
The only genre I have any problem with is musicals, but that's just my own tastes it's nothing to do with the films.
But the throat just kind of falls into line once you realize in your head what it is. You got to remember the musicality of a character you're going to do.
All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions.
Music is much like fucking, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent.
It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.
Musical theatre is something that I always wanted to be a part of, and my first ever role on the West End as Joseph in 'Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat' gave me a taste for it.
If you focus too much on development of the visual angle, it could be a detriment to what you're doing musically.
Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance.
