My father was a very religious person. And he prayed five times a day. And he did that throughout his relationship with Ataturk.
AHMET ERTEGUNAtaturk 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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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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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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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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Laura had an instinctive feel for music and melody, and her delivery was sensational.
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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 main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution.
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There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder.
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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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I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
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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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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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The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.
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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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