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.

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

Well, thats the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it.

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

I'm not an intellectual composer.

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

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