“The act of writing a song involves a degree of letting go of yourself,...” — Alan Menken Quote

The act of writing a song involves a degree of letting go of yourself, and that's very much being a child.

I was always a composer since I was a kid, but the BMI Workshop is where the networking really all stems from. So many writers and influences and ways of communicating all sprang out of the time I was a member of that workshop.

There's such a rich trove of unheard Howard Ashman lyrics that we're so blessed to draw from.

I'll always work with my collaborator in the room so I have a reaction on a note-by-note basis. I know in my gut when something works for me, and I'll fight for it, but I'm a very easy re-writer.

Everybody says love is about finding the person who is right for me and then everything will be fine. But it's not like that. It involves work. An old man tells you this!

The most important thing is to talk to people that have jobs that you might like and to see what they say the job involves.

Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.

My job involves sharing food and the stories behind the plate, in part, via social media.

Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.