Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun; July 31 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter and philanthropist...
NationalityTurkish
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryTurkey
michael phil stevie
There's no place in the world you can go and not hear rock-and-roll, from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Phil Collins.
belongs roll
Rock n' roll really belongs to all America. It really doesn't belong to one city.
life money
I've lived very well all my life, even when I had no money, and there's very little I can't afford.
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Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else.
grew
If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.
It is very important that the world know that there have been 500 years of peaceful coexistence in Turkey between the Jews and Moslems.
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I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make hits, but how to make great music. Of course, part of it is his incredible talent. Who are the greatest jazz singers in the world? Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Ray Charles.
america assumed came english spoke twelve
America is remarkable, don't you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an English accent. It was assumed that it would go on in that way.
chicago record white
You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz.
america excessive
There is a certain sort of excess that is interesting, don't you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place.
people
Flashy people aren't everything, you know. Even when they have frizzled hair.
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I don't use the computer. But my secretary does. I want to take some computer courses because I'm interested in some of the access to some of the illegal things on the Internet. I'm just kidding.
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When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500.
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My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey.