Softly, deftly, music shall caress you. Hear it, feel it, Secretly possess you. Andrew Lloyd Webber More Quotes by Andrew Lloyd Webber More Quotes From Andrew Lloyd Webber Corny answer is of course is that everyone who wants musicals are children in different ways, aren't they? So you think of them in different ways. There are things of mine I'm sorry haven't come here. Andrew Lloyd Webber sorry children thinking He was the last, in my view, of the great, great showmen, his enthusiasm for ... music, and success in music, was unequaled. Andrew Lloyd Webber top-news I want to get every church in the country on Wi-Fi. Andrew Lloyd Webber get church want country You cannot help but notice that schools that take music seriously tend to be more academically successful. Andrew Lloyd Webber seriously help you music Musical theatre history is littered with bad reviews for now classic pieces. Andrew Lloyd Webber bad classic theatre history Together, we can nurture the talent of the future and bring the empowering force of music and the arts to a new generation. Andrew Lloyd Webber future talent music together I wonder what would have happened if automation and computers had existed when 'Oklahoma!' was having its out-of-town try-out, and three days before closing in Boston, when it was still called 'Away We Go,' they added a new song called 'Oklahoma!' I don't think that could happen today. It's almost impossible to change musicals on the go now. Andrew Lloyd Webber computers change song today The arts are the one thing that appeal right across all forms of politics, race, creed - everything. Andrew Lloyd Webber right everything politics race Musicals are very collaborative. Unless you find somebody who wants to do something with you and has equal commitment, it's not going to work. Andrew Lloyd Webber find you work commitment People like to put you into a box. I'm afraid I don't sit in a box. Andrew Lloyd Webber sit like you people The one thing I have always felt about musical theatre is that it is, to an extraordinary degree, about construction. Andrew Lloyd Webber degree always construction theatre I put a hell of a lot of myself into 'Love Never Dies,' and I felt quite drained afterwards. Andrew Lloyd Webber never myself hell love I'm a composer, and therefore I know when I've written a good tune. When you've written a good song is when you know that the lyric is completely coalesced with the song. Andrew Lloyd Webber good know you song 'The Phantom of the Opera' is the biggest thing I've ever done, bigger even than 'Cats' which, in itself, I never thought we'd top. Andrew Lloyd Webber cats never thought done The fact is that 'The Wizard Of Oz' has never really worked in the theatre. The film has one or two holes where, in the theatre, you need a song. For example, there's nothing for either of the two witches to sing. Andrew Lloyd Webber nothing never you song The plot of my 'Phantom' is pretty much mine. It's based on the Gaston Leroux book - I've taken a lot of liberties with it. Andrew Lloyd Webber mine pretty taken book I have always tried with my shows - win, lose, or draw - to take the boundaries of music as far as I can. Andrew Lloyd Webber lose win music i-can Because her voice is, it's like the muscles and it develops all the time. That was the fantastic thing for us. Andrew Lloyd Webber us like voice time I began to think, now is the time. I found quite a lot of opposition in Hollywood about the idea of doing a film musical and we ended up having to buy the rights back. I'm glad we did because it meant John and I were able to make exactly the movie we wanted. Andrew Lloyd Webber doing back think time