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"Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course."
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"I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios."
Hollywood
"Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market."
Orchestras
"But I listen to everything, I listen to all artists that come along."
Artist
"I started off as a studio pianist in Hollywood."
Hollywood
"Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course."
Artist
"I recorded with Sinatra, but the recording business is a very strange strata right now."
Business
"Do, What you're going to do in longevity. Not just what happens tomorrow."
Longevity
"I had had a classical education prior to that."
Education
"I grew up on film scores and scores from films."
Film
"While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon this as a golden wand that can enable them to make money recording this music."
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"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
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"Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good."
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"It's about finding great artists and being part of their careers."
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Personal Development
"Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes."
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"Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist."
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"The industry is a menace to artists."
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"There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist."
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"I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own."
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"Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist."
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"Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave."
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