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

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• Les Baxter:

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

• Les Baxter:

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

• Les Baxter:

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

• Les Baxter:

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

• Les Baxter:

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

• Les Baxter:

  Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and

• Les Baxter:

  I'm not an intellectual composer.

• Les Baxter:

  I write emotional music.

• Bill Owen:

  I know if I was a woman I wouldn't want to be a member of an organization that's mostly men.

• Bill Owen:

  Give a man a beer, waste an hour. Teach a man to brew, and waste a lifetime!