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I love watching 'Pointless.'
I do enjoy Singapore very much.
The biggest lesson I had in my life was failure.
See my eyes - are they safe? Are they even sane?
Chess is the only game greater than its players.
I always wanted to swim the Channel, which is insane.
There is already huge public interest in stage musicals.
To find a new British composer who is really good is rare.
Prove to me that you're no fool Walk across my swimming pool.
I hate doing interviews. I get really bored talking about me.
I've been a fool to allow dreams to become great expectations.
Why are you obsessed with fighting? Stick to fishing from now on!
Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out.
No one in your life is with you constantly. No one is completely on your side.
I have a fear of doing stuff thats not very good and being remembered for that.
I have a fear of doing stuff that's not very good and being remembered for that.
Although I've got lots of pals in showbiz, I haven't got that many close friends.
One of the problems with musicals and opera is you can't ever hear all the words.
I went to religious schools. I wasn't that enthusiastic, by and large, but it sunk in.
I think Barry Gibb would be a wonderful person to work with. Because he just writes good tunes.
Two songs I like are 'High Flying Adored' and 'Another Suitcase Another Hall,' both from 'Evita.'
I worked in a petrol station on the A1 one summer. I enjoyed it except when I was on latrine duty.
I hope 'Chess' will hit the big screen. It seems a natural to me. Good venues, tunes, and politics.
Very few artistic partnerships last more than 10 years, and if they do they tend to go down the tubes.
Digital is a disaster. No digital radio has the correct time and they don't even agree with each other.
It happens that we DON’T SEE CHRIST AS GOD but simply the right man at the right time at the right place.
And all the good you've done will soon be swept away, You've begun to matter more than the things you say.
I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it.
In the world of musical theatre, if everyone says it's a good idea, you wonder why nobody has done it before.
I think failure is the best thing for some people. It tells you whether you're in the right job or the wrong one.
It's a cliche, but most people are good at something, and most people are good at what they're enthusiastic about.
You've got to have a young element in a show. Any project needs youth and dynamism as well old codgerdom and experience.
I have radios everywhere around the house, very old battered ones that I've had for years and years. None of them are digital.
We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream it, then it's real. You are what you feel.
I always think 'Pity the Child' is a goodie. And I've always liked a song called 'Heaven Help My Heart,' which is quite a corny number.
He's a very natural chap. The public David Essex is the same as the private one. He's laid-back, charming, funny. There's no side to him.
I love trains. I dont even mind First Great Western, which is a stupid name because it implies every carriage is first class, but theyre not.
I love trains. I don't even mind First Great Western, which is a stupid name because it implies every carriage is first class, but they're not.
Nothing is so good it lasts eternally. Perfect situations must go wrong. But this has never yet prevented me wanting far too much for far too long.
I like to write in fairly everyday language - I've always tried to write lyrics that, if people would speak the words, it wouldn't sound like a song.
I would love to write a song with the Everly brothers. But it's probably best not to work with someone you admire: they'll just show up your inadequacies.
I am sure if you went back to the days of 'My Fair Lady,' they would have had one public dress rehearsal, and that is it. And in a way, I would like to go back to that.
In the Bible, there is absolutely no motivation for Judas, other than that he is sort of a 100 percent figure of evil. And it seemed to me that that was probably not the case.
I must have written 15 lyrics for 'The Lion King,' and only five or six were used. Some were scenes that disappeared, some were earlier versions of songs that didn't work, or else the characters changed.
When I went to do law, I kind of drifted through that and thought, 'I can pass these exams.' And I didn't - I failed three times, and each time I did worse and failed by a bigger margin. And that taught me so much.
Listen Jesus to the warning I give. Please remember that I want us to live. But it's sad to see our chances weakening with every hour. All your followers are blind, too much heaven on their minds. It was beautiful, but now it's sour. Yes, it's all gone sour.
September is my favourite month, particularly in Cornwall. I felt, even as a child, that if you get a wonderful day in September, you think: This could be one of the last, the summer is nearly over. If you get a wonderful day in May, you think: So what, theres more coming.
September is my favourite month, particularly in Cornwall. I felt, even as a child, that if you get a wonderful day in September, you think: 'This could be one of the last, the summer is nearly over.' If you get a wonderful day in May, you think: 'So what, there's more coming.'
I have always been obsessed with America, the geography, the history, and, of course, the music. I've been lucky enough to have travelled through the country a lot, and, in a kind of anorak way, I've noted which states I've visited and which ones I've been to most often and all that sort of detail.
I recently declined to support a Conservative function because I'm so incensed about these wind turbines. Like all so-called climate-change doubters, I am very pro the environment, but I strongly believe that it is something that can only be cured locally. Some insane overall scheme isn't going to cure all the problems.