25 Quotes by Les Baxter

I'm not an intellectual composer.

I write emotional music.

I’ve never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste.

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

I’m not an intellectual composer.

I don’t know what the problem with Capitol is. Some one’s got to wake ’em up. Prod ’em a little bit.

Well, that's the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it.