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“Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.”

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Any good music must be an innovation.

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

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

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I love doing concert music.

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

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

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In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if a tune is good enough to attain tremendous success,…

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

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Well, that's the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it.

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I'm not an intellectual composer.

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I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don't release them.

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Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.

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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.

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A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept.

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