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Les Baxter Quotes

American pianist and composer (b. 1922), Death: 15-1-1996 Les Baxter Quotes
1.
Any good music must be an innovation.
Les Baxter

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I'm not an intellectual composer.
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I write emotional music.
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Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.
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Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.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

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I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible.
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I did the Broadway album unfortunately in a year when there were no hits.
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8.
I love doing concert music.
Les Baxter

Quote Topics by Les Baxter: Song Way Musician Music Want Broadway Challenges Years Problem Working All The Time Deserve More Style Enough Simple Writing Musical Thinking Trying Concerts Intellectual Albums Imagination Littles Contracts Ems College Tunes Secret Emotional Fit
9.
When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30.
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10.
That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing.
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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

12.
I don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each.
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13.
Well, thats the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it.
Les Baxter

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I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much that I could hardly do my college work.
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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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I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste.
Les Baxter