I write emotional music.

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I love doing concert music.

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I'm not an intellectual composer.

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Any good music must be an innovation.

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

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

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I did the Broadway album unfortunately in a year when there were no hits.

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

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

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

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