Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.
AHMET ERTEGUNTheres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.
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It is a great life, this life of 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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I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
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I first heard Laura Branigan sing live in my brother Nesuhi’s apartment, where we had gone because he had a very good piano. I immediately realized that she had a great pop voice, in the classical sense.
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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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The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.
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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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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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A singer’s biographical film should have their music and their voice.
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I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.
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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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The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution.
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The all-time greatest Atlantic group – The Drifters
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