There's something inimical about the camera and song.

If I cannot fly, let me sing.

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

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

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.

I'm very opinionated about movie musicals when they're adapted from live shows. You'll sit still for a three-minute song in a theater. But in movies, a glance from someone's eyes will tell you the whole story in a few seconds.