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"I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last ten years."
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"We've been gone five years and the best they could come up with was boy bands?"

"Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years."

"I can see that if this was an album done 10 or 15 years ago we could see we were moving on to some place else."

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"Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best."

"To pay 60 musicians for rehearsal and performance is quite something, and I decided I wouldn't be able to handle that kind of situation financially again, unless somebody else was taking care of that end of it."

"Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies."

"I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music."

"A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no mistakes, it sounds beautiful."

"As for the symphonic activities... when I was a student at the Eastman School of Music, I became exposed to a lot more musical forms, elements, opportunities, and I fell in love with strings and their uses."

"We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides."
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