People like to put you into a box. I'm afraid I don't sit in a box. Andrew Lloyd Webber More Quotes by Andrew Lloyd Webber More Quotes From Andrew Lloyd Webber I think it's probably, musically, probably the most sophisticated. ("The Woman in White") There's a lot more daring harmony in it than in some of my pieces... If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then to have been lucky enough to be successful with them, I think that's all you can ask, isn't it?... Sondheim is absolutely wonderful and Alan Jay Lerner was wonderful. Andrew Lloyd Webber successfulwhitethinking If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then to have been lucky enough to be successful with them, I think that's all you can ask isn't it? I think I don't really think too much about it. I am a bit shy socially, yeah, I admit that. Andrew Lloyd Webber luckysuccessfulthinking I guess we've had a very close relationship because I don't pretend to know about cinema and I think I do know a bit about theatre but he does, he respected that and so we really just had a collaboration which went completely like this. Andrew Lloyd Webber theatrerelationshipthinking I would have gone right ahead but the only thing, the only phenomenon that's going on now of course, which is different in my experiences, is that you are getting things planted in the Net by people about the Woman in White on the Net. That's not a nice change. Andrew Lloyd Webber nicechangewhite I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of do, I might do two or three key interviews and that would be it. Andrew Lloyd Webber keysghoulstwo Well we'd just seen Gerry. I think he wanted somebody who had that authority and was handsome. The thing is, he's a big hunk isn't he? All I can say, if you look at his chat line, or the Phantom website, it's quite worrying. Because the girls really seem to love him. Andrew Lloyd Webber girlbeautythinking The regrets in the theatre have always been the shows that you know ought to have worked but for one reason or another haven't. Andrew Lloyd Webber theatreregretreason The moment the doctor said he wanted to do a biopsy, in my heart I thought I'd probably got it. But I also know a lot of people who have also had prostate cancer, so I had a reasonably good idea what to expect. Andrew Lloyd Webber cancerdoctorsheart I have lived and worked in Britain all my life. Not even in the dark days of penal Labour taxation in the Seventies did I have any intention of leaving the country of my birth. Andrew Lloyd Webber leavingdarkcountry I'm going to take the kids away over Christmas but I don't, I've written 14 musicals now, I don't want to rush into doing something just for the sake of doing it. I want to do it when I find a story. Andrew Lloyd Webber christmasstorieskids Love changes everything. Days are longer, words mean more. Love changes everything. Pain is deeper than before. Love can turn your world around, and that world will last forever. Andrew Lloyd Webber painforevermean The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain's gale-force waters. Andrew Lloyd Webber piratewateryears Here's the truth. The proposed top rate of income tax is not 50 per cent. It is 50 per cent plus 1.5 per cent national insurance paid by employees plus 13.3 per cent paid by employers. That's not 50 per cent. Two years from now, Britain will have the highest tax rate on earned income of any developed country. Andrew Lloyd Webber truthcountryyears Superstar was made so early in my career I had nothing to do with it at all. The first time I saw it was the opening screening. Andrew Lloyd Webber sawscareersfirsts We don't have butlers. Obviously we have people who look after the houses, but I try not to run things formally. Andrew Lloyd Webber houserunningpeople All I've ever tried to do is get the best out of people and to bring a bit of humour into it. Unlike, say, 'The X-Factor,' which may be great TV, but has no humour at all. Andrew Lloyd Webber tvsmaypeople I've got to find something and if I find something that I like, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't. Andrew Lloyd Webber ifs Two years ago I hadn't even thought of the Woman in White, and I was doing a television show and I said I hadn't found a story and the next day somebody rang me and said have you ever thought of the Woman in White. Andrew Lloyd Webber next-daytwoyears Negative things, and they were all deliberate and I'm not going to say who they were but I know who they were and it was in the business, and that's not a good sign. Andrew Lloyd Webber deliberatebusinessnegative I guess the thing is that we remained huge friends after the original Phantom movie, when we decided it wouldn't take place and we just saw each other socially over the years so we were friends. Andrew Lloyd Webber phantomsfriendsyears
