And as ensemblists start being asked to do more things that require an insane skill set, that inherent value will, I hope, be held up where it deserves to be.

We haven't truly had a zeitgeisty, 'songs on the radio' show, since...I want to say "One Night in Bangkok" was the last musical theatre song that charted. That was so long ago.

I'd like to see the first act of Sunday in the Park with George, and the second act of Hamilton. Every day.

Showtunes might be able to come back into pop music, which is something we haven't seen since the 50s and 60s. Everything is related to everything else because we're in such a niche industry.

We're just trying to restore equilibrium to the Universe, that's all.

Time's going to pass anyway, so it's prioritizing what to do with that.

I think that a solid team, solid communication, is the number one thing in life at all times.

If things come up, we can say, "We're not ready for this, let's move some things around."

We remind ourselves that it's a hobby [The Esemblist]; nobody is setting these deadlines for us, except us.

I've never done Something Rotten either.

Home is the place that expects the most of you, but still welcomes you at your worst. And she has always been my home, my Merminia.

Why do you look like that, Duane?""Like what, Cletus?""Like your heart is diseased.

Fear to let fall a drop and you spill a lot.

I desire no other evidence of the truth to Christianity than the Lord's Prayer.

I'm not being conceited or anything, but we have a great team.

Heavens! whatever possesses us, here below, that we mutually torment ourselves, sourly reproach our mutual faults, and mercilessly condemn all that is not cut according to our pattern?

I am a bad reporter because everything seems to me worth reporting; and a bad reviewer because every sentence in every book suggests a separate essay.

We determine our own price; it is always good to set our price to infinity so that no one can buy us!

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed by everything in the world and by the great majority of evangelicals. You're going to be opposed.