I write emotional music.

I'm not an intellectual composer.

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.

Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.

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

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