In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it.

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.

I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing.

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.

No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you.