I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.
AHMET ERTEGUNMy first wife was a theater person.
More Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
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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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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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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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There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder.
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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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The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution.
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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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You know you have a multimillion-seller hit – and what you’re working on suddenly has magic.
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Ataturk saw where history was going. He really did in Turkey what we are all hoping somebody will do in [Islamic] countries where fundamentalists thrive, that they get somebody today that has the vision that Ataturk had in 1915.
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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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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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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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It is a great life, this life of music.
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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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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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