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.