Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.

I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible.

I write emotional music.

I don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each.

Any good music must be an innovation.

When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30.

In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if a tune is good enough to attain tremendous success, then it certainly deserves more than one version, one treatment, one approach.