I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much that I could hardly do my college work.

I did the Broadway album unfortunately in a year when there were no hits.

I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste.

Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.

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

Any good music must be an innovation.

I don't know what the problem with Capitol is. Some one's got to wake 'em up. Prod 'em a little bit.