Andrew Lloyd Webber Quotes

'Phantom of the Opera' started in my little 100-seater converted church in Britain with a stage where we did what we did. But it was the score itself was what made it.

Nothing will ever be as big as 'The Phantom of the Opera' for me.

I used to know all the lyrics to all the songs from 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

My auntie Anne took me to 'Phantom of the Opera' in London. I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since the end of my marriage, I've dated nothing but a succession of blondes.

I was always a big fan of 'Pippin' and 'Godspell,' even before I heard 'Meadowlark.'

I was doing musical theatre 'til I was, like, 17, and then I started realising I could use my voice in a more, like, current way.

I'm not doing 'Once' to prove that I'm worldly or cultured. I just love the role.

I love romantic comedies. When I am at home, and if I want to watch something, I would probably watch a romantic comedy.

I didn't really start going to see a lot of musicals and live theater probably until I was in seventh or eighth grade, maybe my first year of high school, and by that time I'd probably seen 'Grease' twice a year every year of my life.

I became a melodic writer after 'Gunn.'

Romantic films are not a genre I would choose.

I'm staying in my wheelhouse, not making any romantic comedies in a hurry.

I'm always either listening to 'Hamilton,' which makes me cry, or Giggs, who makes me laugh.

If I were to do a drama again, I would really like to work on a fatal melodrama, like a love that can't be.

I always loved and secretly wanted to do 'Company.' It was produced on Broadway in 1970, and it's about a successful 35-year-old guy who's starting to think he should get married.

I like that Amelie is strange, just like me. I'm happy I've gotten to be on this journey following my 'Hamilton' journey because they're so different.

When I got into the second half of 'Dragon Ball,' I had already become more interested in thinking up the story then in drawing the pictures. Then I started to not place much emphasis on the pictures.

I've always loved 'Wicked.' It's one of my little obsessions.

To play opera, to play Wagner, it's a great joy.

If L. Frank Baum had written 'Wicked,' I'd have done. It doesn't appeal to me at all and never did.

I didn't know a single musical soundtrack, really, growing up. Nobody listened to musicals. That wasn't a thing I did.

The reason I did 'PPNH' was because I wanted to do something different, wacky, and mainstream after 'Barfi!'

I have been known to do a lot of glamorous, glossy songs in A-lister set-ups. This was unlike that. 'Blackmail' is a gritty film, so the song is also very different from what I have done before.

Opera can be exceptionally moving but can also be pompous.