Jason Moore

'Clueless' is an adaptation of 'Emma' by Jane Austen. It works either way: if you know the book and if you don't.

'Grease' was how I learned that I really liked music and musicals and movies that included music.

I grew up in a time when the only musicals were animated musicals because nobody wanted to see people to break into song.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

I did do Broadway for a little less than a year and realized quickly I don't have a passion for it and, more importantly, I don't have a talent in it.