If I cannot fly, let me sing.

There's something inimical about the camera and song.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically.

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.