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Les Baxter quotes

American Musician March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996

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Les Baxter quote: "I love doing concert music."
I love doing concert music. Les Baxter
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
Les Baxter quote: "I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame..."
I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible. Les Baxter
Les Baxter quote: "Any good music must be an innovation."
Any good music must be an innovation. Les Baxter
Les Baxter quote: "I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so..."
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
Les Baxter quote: "I write emotional music."
I write emotional music. Les Baxter
Les Baxter quote: "You know, they wanted to do a Broadway album and every show..."
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
Les Baxter quote: "I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to..."
I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste. Les Baxter
Les Baxter quote: "I've been down there 6 times and there's nothing like..."
I've been down there 6 times and there's nothing like Brazilian percussion. Les Baxter
Les Baxter quote: "Well, that's the secret of commerciality, a simple style and..."
Well, that's the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it. Les Baxter
Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.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
Les Baxter quote: "That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I..."
That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing. Les Baxter
Les Baxter quote: "Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do..."
Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way. Les Baxter
Les Baxter quote: "I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they..."
I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don't release them. Les Baxter
Les Baxter quote: "I'm not an intellectual composer."
I'm not an intellectual composer. Les Baxter

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