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• ‟ I like classical music. I especially like the French composers: Ravel in particular. Debussy. That's so soothing in a nervous world.

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• ‟ Music is a treasure hunt. You dig and dig, and sometimes you find something.

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• ‟ Music is all starting to sound alike in the modern era. Afro-pop sounds exactly like L.A. pop - there's no difference, no ambience, no real resonance.

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• ‟ Music is fragile: people die, and it's forgotten.

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• ‟ The thing I always found about the gospel music was that it reached further into your being if you like, your mind. It takes hold of you - especially if you sing it and play it.

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• ‟ The world will always love Cuban music, however it changes.

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• ‟ I got a reputation for being 'eclectic' or some damn thing like that, but to me, the different kinds of music I play are all the same stuff - good time music - and it is the only stuff I can do.

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• ‟ What kills music in films is when it's done as performance, drawing attention to the fact that someone's in the background playing it.

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• ‟ People respond to any good you can do in music.

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• ‟ I always thought East L.A. music was so dreamy and languid and kinda greasy.

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• ‟ I'm used to music as a tool, taking the various elements and then making something completely new out of them. And writing film music is the perfect opportunity to do that, because you can look at the film and then just let your imagination soar.

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• ‟ Music creates complicity, and then you feel less isolated.

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• ‟ People who aren't as interested in recorded music as they used to be will say, 'Oh, 'Buena Vista?' Loved it.' And I'll say, 'Well, how about any of my other recent records. I've been doing some pretty good ones. You like those?' And they go, 'Huh?'

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• ‟ R&B and all that stuff was always very spare and spontaneous. Nobody made those records under solid gold situations. It was just in and out, and you didn't labor over the thing. I like music like that.

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• ‟ I can't help what people write or think. If somebody thinks I'm a serious archivist, they're wrong. That's been a problem. It's a shame people take that attitude, because it affects how they listen to the music. It's a big mistake to treat any pop music that way.

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• ‟ I think all the music I do, which ties together, as far as I'm concerned, is fun and entertaining.

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