I did musicals in high school, certainly. And then I just kept wanting to do them. I felt at home in the theater, in that way that, you know, you're supposed to if that's the kind of person you are. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 interacting with… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
