Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way. Les Baxter Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’ve never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste. Les Baxter Read Quote
I don’t know what the problem with Capitol is. Some one’s got to wake ’em up. Prod ’em a little bit. Les Baxter Read Quote
Well, that’s the secret of commerciality, a simple style and you stick with it. Les Baxter Read Quote