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.
AHMET ERTEGUNA singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
More Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
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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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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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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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My first wife was a theater person.
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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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Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.
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Laura had an instinctive feel for music and melody, and her delivery was sensational.
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There’s been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks.
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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’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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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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The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution.
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My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.
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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 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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