That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing. – Les Baxter
I’ve never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste. – Les Baxter
I don’t think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don’t release them. – Les Baxter
Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers. – Les Baxter
I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much that I could hardly do my college work. – 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. – Les Baxter
Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way. – Les Baxter
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
You know, they wanted to do a Broadway album and every show was kind of a bomb. There was no music at all. – Les Baxter
I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible. – Les Baxter
