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Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.

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Normally I can balance two or three things. The problem is when you're out of work and don't have anything to balance. I think people assume you're always busy. You go through dry spells.

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You mustn't underestimate an audience's intelligence.

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The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it.

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I have always thought of music as a highway with many lanes.

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From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody.

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Let's say music is needed for only 43 seconds of film. You have to score it so it is an entity, so it won't bother anyone when it ends so quickly. Or if a song runs 2 minutes and 45 seconds, but the titles run a minute longer, you have to arrange that song so it doesn't get repetitious.

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I can make a song up about anything: garbage, the weather, things in the news.

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I'm not one of those people who says, 'I never read reviews,' because I don't believe those people.

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My whole thing is not just to play music for people, but to make them part of the evening.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: June 2nd, 1944

Died: August 7th, 2012

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