Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.
I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.
Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.
I always liked the intensity of the recording.
I think that it can be said of a lot of artists, and myself included, that we made the same record over and over from the beginning.
Well I think always, when you remake films, I always think the first one is most original, authentic.
The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists.
The best recording is the one you bring with you in your mind.
If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.