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.
AHMET ERTEGUNThe songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.
More Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
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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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Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.
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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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There’s been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks.
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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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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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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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If I’d have continued it might have killed me. My doctor said I should stick to wine.
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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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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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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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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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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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