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 ERTEGUNI 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.
More Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
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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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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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It is a great life, this life of music.
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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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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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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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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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Laura had an instinctive feel for music and melody, and her delivery was sensational.
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There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder.
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I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.
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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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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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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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