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Ahmet Ertegun quotes: A singer's biographical film should have their music and their voice.

A singer's biographical film should have their music and their voice.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other.

Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey.

My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.

Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.

My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.

If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: There's been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks.

There's been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: Rock n' roll really belongs to all America. It really doesn't belong to one city.

Rock n' roll really belongs to all America. It really doesn't belong to one city.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: It is very important that the world know that there have been 500 years of peaceful coexistence in Turkey between the Jews and Moslems.

It is very important that the world know that there have been 500 years of peaceful coexistence in Turkey between the Jews and Moslems.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else.

Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: Fifty years from now, people will still be listening to Led Zeppelin. They won't even remember me.

Fifty years from now, people will still be listening to Led Zeppelin. They won't even remember me.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: There is a certain sort of excess that is interesting, don't you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place.

There is a certain sort of excess that is interesting, don't you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: My first wife was a theater person.

My first wife was a theater person.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: 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.

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.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.

Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.

I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: Flashy people aren't everything, you know. Even when they have frizzled hair.

Flashy people aren't everything, you know. Even when they have frizzled hair.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: I've lived very well all my life, even when I had no money, and there's very little I can't afford.

I've lived very well all my life, even when I had no money, and there's very little I can't afford.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: 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.

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.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: The all-time greatest Atlantic group - The Drifters

The all-time greatest Atlantic group - The Drifters

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.

Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: 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.

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.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz.

You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz.

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: It is a great life, this life of music,

It is a great life, this life of music,

Ahmet Ertegun quotes: The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair

The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair