"Actually, it was not a suggestion." - David N. Meyer, "The Bee Gees-The Biography," DC

Ertegun: "When we discovered that we had great arranging talent in-house, myself and Jerry Wexler availed ourselves of his services."

Mardin: "xxx I'd usually go with featuring the artists, build the arrangements around the artist. I didn't want to bring the artist into a preset situation. I guess that's why I was able to work with various artists of different styles."

"Mardin, over his forty years at 'Atlantic', produced Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Bette Midler, Dusty Springfield, Laura Nyro, the Average White Band, Hall and Oates, Chaka Kahn, the Young Rascals, Carly Simon, John Prine, Doug Sahm, David Bowie, Culture Club, Ringo, xxx" 1/2

"xxx Barbra Streisand and Roberta Flack and is credited with the success of Norah Jones's multi-platinum 'Come Away with Me'. He worked with jazz artists Freddie Hubbard and Mose Allison, among many others." - David N. Meyer, "The Bee Gees-The Biography," DC

"As a producer, Mardin found jazz limiting. xxx Arif understood every kind of music and performer. His heart, like that of 'Atlantic's', belonged to R&B, a term coined by Jerry Wexler." - David N. Meyer, "The Bee Gees-The Biography," DC

"The relationship between musician and producer is delicate and fraught. Phil Spector and 'Motown's' Barry Gordy invented their own universes that performers had to fit within. Other producers so understood the essence of the musicians in their care that their collaborations xxx"

"xxx lifted both to new heights: xxx Arif Mardin and the Bee Gees would prove a similarly magical pairing, even if it took a while for the magic to happen." - David N. Meyer, "The Bee Gees-The Biography," DC

Barry: "Our studio tactics had become lazy. We had to own up and Jerry Wexler recommended Arif."

"Arif took the band back to London and IBC studios, where they'd done all of their early work. Their first effort, 1974's 'Mr. Natural', showed progress, and provoked a transition, but the material is not entirely new." - David N. Meyer, "The Bee Gees-The Biography," DC

"Some of the songs were reworked demos from 1968." - David N. Meyer, "The Bee Gees-The Biography," DC