Leslie Bricusse

When I write a song, I hear the music and words at the same time - one suggests the form of the other.

My view is that the great songwriting happened between 1920 and 1960. We're all, in our different ways, descended from the great songwriters of that era.

When you live in a world of imagination, your imagination doesn't necessarily grow old with you.

I think 'Scrooge' is the best of the Christmas stories. Every child warms to it because it's about one man's transformation. It's saying that it's never too late to change, and that's a good feeling to have at Christmas.