John Barry

Frank Sinatra did 'Born Free', Tony Bennett did 'Walkabout,' but you have no control over who does what, really. So you just hold yourself responsible for the stuff you do, and then get filthy rich on all this stuff that other people have done.

If you have a successful run, everything comes to you. Nothing succeeds like success.

Geoff Leonard knows more about me than I know myself.

There certainly is a lot of political pressure for states to adopt the new federal tax codes. But there is no law that requires them to do so.

I wouldn't know Robbie Williams if I fell over him.

Occasionally, you get a nice surprise when someone covers your song in an extraordinary way.

I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss.