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.
AHMET ERTEGUNAnother one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.
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Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.
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The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.
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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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The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution.
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I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.
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It is a great life, this life of music.
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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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If I’d have continued it might have killed me. My doctor said I should stick to wine.
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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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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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My first wife was a theater person.
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There’s been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks.
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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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You know you have a multimillion-seller hit – and what you’re working on suddenly has magic.
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Laura had an instinctive feel for music and melody, and her delivery was sensational.
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