25 Quotes by 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.

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

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

I've been down there 6 times and there's nothing like Brazilian percussion.

That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing.

Well, thats the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it.

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

But Gene Norman has an album out of me.

I love doing concert music.