I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste. Les Baxter More Quotes by Les Baxter More Quotes From Les Baxter Any good music must be an innovation. Les Baxter innovationmusicalmusic That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing. Les Baxter clever Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers. Les Baxter imaginationchallengessong I write emotional music. Les Baxter emotionalwriting I'm not an intellectual composer. Les Baxter composerintellectual 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. Les Baxter deserve-moretunesenough I don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each. Les Baxter musiciantryingtwo Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way. Les Baxter contractswantway I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible. Les Baxter fitsongway Well, thats the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it. Les Baxter stylesimplesecret I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much that I could hardly do my college work. Les Baxter working-all-the-timecollege I don't know what the problem with Capitol is. Some one's got to wake 'em up. Prod 'em a little bit. Les Baxter emsproblemlittles I did the Broadway album unfortunately in a year when there were no hits. Les Baxter broadwayalbumsyears I love doing concert music. Les Baxter concerts When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30. Les Baxter orchestramusicianwant I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don't release them. Les Baxter becausejustthinkcompany You know, they wanted to do a Broadway album and every show was kind of a bomb. There was no music at all. Les Baxter showknowyoumusic I've been down there 6 times and there's nothing like Brazilian percussion. Les Baxter nothingdownbeenlike
