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ON PERIOD MUSIC. I truly love the body of musical comedy of that period. The minute you hear the first line of the "Loveland" sequence song You're Gonna Love Tomorrow—" 'What will tomorrow bring,VThe pundits query"—it evokes an entire period. That's the kind of language they used. It could be parody, but obviously it's done with such affection and also it's really dealing with something. In Follies I imitate people. But in each of the pastiche songs, there's always something of me added to the imitation of Kern or Arlen or whoever it is. That's something I couldn't avoid—my own comment on the style.