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

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

That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing.

I'm not an intellectual composer.

Any good music must be an innovation.

I love doing concert music.

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