I never wanted to write 'Mamma Mia!' or 'The Book of Mormon' - they're not my thing, I don't care about them.… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I love my stuff - you're not supposed to say that. But because I'm performer as well as a writer, I'm constantly… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I think that when you write for stars, I think that you have to be very specific about what they do beautifully… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I know I'm really good at writing for the theater. I can deny it all I want. Other people can fight me… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I'm not doubtful that I am doing what I should be doing - writing for theater - and that I'm doing it… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
It is scary to write - period - for me, but once you get past the idea that it's scary to write,… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
You have to understand the medium you're writing for. People jump into writing musicals without realizing how complicated they are. Knowing one… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that's very personal in its way.… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always wanted to… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
Comedy is drama. I think that if your characters are feeling something that is very real, then they have to respond in a way… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb over your… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
I find I like the spotlight for a very brief period of time... and I sort of need it. But then, the minute that… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
You're supposed to be a control freak when you're an artist. That's the whole point of having a vision: Why have one if you're… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
I try to get underneath the skin of all kinds of music, and I never know what's going to inspire me and what makes… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
Personally, I've never been popular, so I'm not surprised that professionally I'm a bit out of step, too. — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
I'm not doubtful that I am doing what I should be doing - writing for theater - and that I'm doing it in a… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
I love my stuff - you're not supposed to say that. But because I'm performer as well as a writer, I'm constantly interacting with… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
I've never been particularly good at explaining or even understanding what this sort of rage is that is so accessible to me. I'm not… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that's very personal in its way. I figure… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
As much as I can act, I don't have anything in me that yearns to be an actor - that sense of needing to… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
Immediate, simultaneous connection between the audience and a performer is crucial to me. It's why I do what I do. Other things, like recording,… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theatre is about: other people getting you to give your best,… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share
