My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.
AHMET ERTEGUNI should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.
More Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
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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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You know you have a multimillion-seller hit – and what you’re working on suddenly has magic.
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The all-time greatest Atlantic group – The Drifters
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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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The Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame will provide a center where the lives and the artistry of the greatest jazz musicians will be celebrated, and where people will come to learn about jazz, something to which my brother devoted his lifes work.
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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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It is a great life, this life of music.
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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 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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I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American 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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There’s been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks.
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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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Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.
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