Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.
AHMET ERTEGUNMy first wife was a theater person.
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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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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.
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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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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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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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I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
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It is a great life, this life of music.
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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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Laura had an instinctive feel for music and melody, and her delivery was sensational.
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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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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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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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