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It is a great life, this life of music.

Ahmet Ertegun

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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Cutting Day Father Prayed Relationship Religious Throughout Time
I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.
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Fan Jazz Path Quite
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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Celebrity Close Contract Kind Lawyer Offered Singing
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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Magic Running Singer Start Studio Track
A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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Biography Film Music Singer Voice
My first wife was a theater person.
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First Person Theater Wife
The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution.
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Condition Country Industrial Islamic Man Revolution Thing
Everybody at Atlantic knew that we had a winner in this young lady, and she came through with great hits that will be remembered for many years to come.
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Atlantic Come Everybody Great Hit Lady Remembered Winner Year Young
I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
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Country Dignity Greatness Little Music Recognition
The all-time greatest Atlantic group – The Drifters
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All Atlantic Group Time
If I’d have continued it might have killed me. My doctor said I should stick to wine.
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Continue Doctor Killed Stick Wine
People like Clyde McPhatter who came out of the black churches – like Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin – were all church singers who became great pop singers because gospel singing is very close to the blues.
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Black Blue Church Like Out People Singing
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 Ray Way
Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.
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Another Celebrity Like One People
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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Bottle Doctor Drink Occur Used Wine Year
You know you have a multimillion-seller hit – and what you’re working on suddenly has magic.
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Hit Magic Multimillion Seller Suddenly Working

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