“Erroll Garner is one of the few musicians I believe has a sense of hum...” — Henry Mancini Quote

“Erroll Garner is one of the few musicians I believe has a sense of humor in his music.”

“Basically, I'm a melodic writer.”

“Blake Edwards has set up an extraordinary combination of moods in 'Peter Gunn.' When you stop to analyze it, you can't find the boundaries where the music stops and the show takes over.”

“Lauren Bacall, James Garner, and Jack Lemmon - they're all gone now, but I was so impressed by them.”

“I consider myself extremely fortunate, and I am more happy for all the attention that I constantly garner.”

“If you look at my career and you look at the span of my work and the things I have done, as far as to garner fame, you'll see that I have turned down more interviews than I do. Or I turn down more things than I do.”