I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.

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I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.

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It is a great life, this life of music.

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It is a great life, this life of music.
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Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.

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Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.
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I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day, every day, for about 40 years and it never occurred to me it’d kill me.

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I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day, every day, for about 40 years and it never occurred to me it’d kill me.
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I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn’t have the other $20,000.

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I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn’t have the other $20,000.
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Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write – no matter how bad they are – get recorded.
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I’ve been in the studio when you go through a track and you run down a track and you know even before the singer starts singing, you know the track is swinging.

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I’ve been in the studio when you go through a track and you run down a track and you know even before the singer starts singing, you know the track is swinging.
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At a time when it was very brave to do because Ataturk was cutting off the heads of the imams. And people thought that that was foolhardy of my father.

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At a time when it was very brave to do because Ataturk was cutting off the heads of the imams. And people thought that that was foolhardy of my father.
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I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.

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I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.
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My first wife was a theater person.

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My first wife was a theater person.
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I consider Laura to be one of my best signings, and I am proud to have had such a great singer in my career in the record business. We miss her dearly.

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I consider Laura to be one of my best signings, and I am proud to have had such a great singer in my career in the record business. We miss her dearly.
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Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.

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Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.
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Everyone Felt Way
I first heard Laura Branigan sing live in my brother Nesuhi’s apartment, where we had gone because he had a very good piano. I immediately realized that she had a great pop voice, in the classical sense.

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I first heard Laura Branigan sing live in my brother Nesuhi’s apartment, where we had gone because he had a very good piano. I immediately realized that she had a great pop voice, in the classical sense.
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My father was a very religious person. And he prayed five times a day. And he did that throughout his relationship with Ataturk.

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My father was a very religious person. And he prayed five times a day. And he did that throughout his relationship with Ataturk.
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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.

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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.

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Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.
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My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.

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My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.
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