'Next To Normal' is rock music. It's a rock opera. That, definitely, has a place in popular music. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
The selections on 'Daily Practice' are all what I consider standard rock songs that have been absolutely essential to keeping me alive. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I sometimes write songs on the piano, even though I don't actually play the piano. I always hire someone to play for… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
With a lot of contemporary musicals, the songs are like a calling card: the action stops for them. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
There is genuine healing in a beautifully crafted musical theatre song, like Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind,' or a pop music gem… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I have fallen deeply in love with songs - musical theatre songs included - over the years, and this experience has taught… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
The musicals on Broadway have not necessarily been true musical theater. I'm speaking generally, of course: I saw 'Spring Awakening,' and I… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Any kind of grieving that is not allowed causes a break. In our culture, grieving in public is not encouraged, but in other cultures,… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
'Closure' is the word used for a loss that's not acknowledged - and the habit this causes, physically and mentally, for anybody who is… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
'Next To Normal' is rock music. It's a rock opera. That, definitely, has a place in popular music. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
There were eleven kids, and we all shared a bathroom. It was enough to drive us all insane. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I wasn't a musical-theater kid. We went to plays at school and took field trips to see Shakespeare. And that really sparked that fire… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
