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.
AHMET ERTEGUNLaura had an instinctive feel for music and melody, and her delivery was sensational.
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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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It is a great life, this life of music.
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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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I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
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There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder.
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My first wife was a theater person.
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The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair
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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 should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.
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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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Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.
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I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.
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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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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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The all-time greatest Atlantic group – The Drifters
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