Letter to Pat Leonard

Dear Pat

Sorry it's taken me so long to
Get back to you i recieved
Your letter in NY but I
Had to leave for Mich, which is
Where I am right now i have
Thought long and hard about what
I want to do with our
Songs, my record, the sound
The vibe etc i had always intended to do a
Portion of the record with
Nellie Hooper because
I like the sound of all of his records
And I think he has really good
Instincts then I thought about
Doing the rest of
The record with you not really thinking what
The divide would be this is where my head
Was at when I left Miami then
I started thinking about how I
Didn't want a record
That sounds like two different
Producers worked on it i allready had that
Nightmare experience then i
Started leaning towards Nellie
Doing the whole
Thing because he's not a song writer and I
Thought he would treat all
Songs fairly without
Favortism and ego involved i sent all my
Demos to Nellie to listen to and
While he gave it up to a few he made
Some disturbing remarks about how
He was going
To have to change the music so much he
Would want a writers credit which of
Course made me sick eGo-EGo-EGO!
When I was in
NY I had to meet with William Orbit
Which has you know we're trying to do
A deal with and he played me
More tracks that blew my mind and I mentioned
That I would like to write with him
And he said he had studio time and why
Not tomorrow? To make a long story
Short we ended up doing
Several tracks together that
I absolutely adore and more
Importantly I love
His sound suddenly i felt like he knew
What direction I wanted to go musically
(sonically) i haven't formally asked him to
Produce my album but I'm going
To and I wanted you to know
First i know he will
Be gobsmacked and humble and eager to
Please which is not to
Say that you aren't but I
Really feel strongly about taking
A new direction and William's sound is
A complete departure after making so
Many records it's what I need
To get my blood boiling
I hope you will not be insulted
Or take offense by this
Decision i loved working with you
Again you're a brilliant musician
Songwriter and I have the utmost respect for
You on top of all that
I adore you you did say you
Were cool with any decision I
Made obviously if we use any of
Your programs you will be compensated
I may use a rough vocal or
Two and I haven't decided
If I will use all the songs we
Wrote i will keep you posted
On everything i will probably be working
All of July and August
And September in any case these are
My thoughts for now i'll be
In LA on Monday if you want to write or call

Take care

Love

Madonna