“Bacharach has such a brilliant ear for melody and his music has a comp...” — Michael Ball Quote

“Bacharach has such a brilliant ear for melody and his music has a completely timeless feel to it; I thought it would be great to do a whole album of his music and to record with a full orchestra and big band which is something I hadn't done before.”

“The bravery and pioneering of early Hollywood was absolutely incredible.”

“I send a text every day to my partner Cath, saying 'I love you.'”

“When you listen to a Yes album, you should listen to the whole thing through headphones with the lights off.”

“I think people are entitled to have a new album by Wilson Pickett in their homes every year.”

“And then the last album, 'Get It', was done over a shorter period of time and I started using other musicians, as opposed to playing all the instruments myself like I did on the other two.”