I Don't Want To Be

Sadly I Don't Sing. I Missed It For A Long Time, But My Daughter Emma Said Something Wonderful When I Was Feeling Blue One Day: "mom, You've Just Found A Different Way Of Using Your Voice, And That's With Your Books." In A Way, She's Right. It's Just A Different Way Of Expressing What I Feel About Music, Individuality, Art And All The Things I've Always Loved.

I Have Been Called A Nun With A Switchblade Where My Privacy Is Concerned. I Think There's A Point Where One Says, That's For Family, That's For Me.

The Old Fairy Tales Are Very, Very Violent, And These Days I Think We Could Do With A Little Less Of It.

Where The Lord Closes A Door, Somewhere He Opens A Window.

I Was Fortunate Enough To Work At The Peak Of The Great Golden Age Of Musicals. And Then For Awhile, I Think They Were Being Advanced In Different Ways. Andrew Lloyd-webber Brought The Rock Beat To Musicals; People Tried Different Things. The Joy Of Musicals Is That There Is No Perfect Recipe; It Is What You Throw Into It.