Classic Tune Quotes

La Flavour's 'Mandolay' is a disco classic - I dare you to sit still while listening to it.

Beautiful film music can be made relevant to any period.

Naino Main Sapna,' 'Taaki O Taaki' in 'Himmatwala' was my baby.

Doing a remake of an iconic song is always nerve-racking because you never know if you can actually do justice to it.

The song 'Eastbound and Down' by Jerry Reed is, of course, a personal favorite.

It was such a sweet, sad song with such sweet, sad lyrics. Old-fashioned a little, but also timeless.

Forever Young, by Dylan, is one of my favorite songs.

I would say Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' is up there - it's one of the best.

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

I love 'The Gospel Truth,' the song that opened up 'Hercules.' I thought that song was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed producing that and writing that.

I have to think that 'Nessa Dorma' is the greatest rock ballad that's never been recorded as such.

A good song never gets old.

It's every songwriter's dream to come up with a standard.

I wanted to make a record that people could put on year after year after year, and it would never feel dated.

I've always looked at famous actors and hope that once they get a part that they have success in, they would reprise it every few years in the way a pop singer will reprise their hits. Like Bob Dylan singing 'Blowin' in the Wind' until he's fed up with it, finding different ways of doing it.

I don't think 'Shooting Stars' has ever successfully been replaced.

The reason we see more recreations is because people want to re-introduce some iconic songs to the younger generation. I support recreations too, as long as they're done well and respectfully. I have done a couple myself too, but when I recreate a song, I do it like a tribute to the makers of the original song.