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

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In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if...

In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if...

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

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

Any good music must be an innovation.

Any good music must be an innovation.

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

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

You know, they wanted to do a Broadway album and every show was kind of...

You know, they wanted to do a Broadway album and every show was kind of...

I write emotional music.

I write emotional music.

I've been down there 6 times and there's nothing like Brazilian percussion.

I've been down there 6 times and there's nothing like Brazilian percussion.

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

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

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

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

I love doing concert music.

I love doing concert music.

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

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

I'm not an intellectual composer.

I'm not an intellectual composer.

Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the...

Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the...

Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I...

Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I...

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

Well, that's 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 don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each.

I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much...

I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much...

If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be...

If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be...

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by...

My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by...