Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.
Well, thats the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it.
Any good music must be an innovation.
I'm not an intellectual composer.
When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30.
I don't know what the problem with Capitol is. Some one's got to wake 'em up. Prod 'em a little bit.