It's Always Been A Gift With Me,

I Did Bronislaw Kaper's Tune. He Wrote "on Green Dolphin Street." I Mean, I Did All Those Ballads, All Them Ballads From South America. All Those Tunes - The Guitar Concerto On Sketches Of Spain. All Those Are Spanish Melodies. Some Of Them We Made Up Ourselves.

That Was My Gift . . . Having The Ability To Put Certain Guys Together That Would Create A Chemistry And Then Letting Them Go; Letting Them Play What They Knew, And Above It.

Lionel [richie] Said, "yeah, I Learned Chords And Stuff Playin' Against Your Albums."

I Always Listen To What I Can Leave Out.

It's Not The Notes You Play, It's The Notes You Don't Play.