Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun; July 31 1923 – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter and philanthropist...
NationalityTurkish
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryTurkey
country islamic turkeys
The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution. Ataturk saw where history was going. He really did in Turkey what we are all hoping somebody will do in [Islamic] countries where fundamentalists thrive, that they get somebody today that has the vision that Ataturk had in 1915.
religious father cutting
My father was a very religious person. And he prayed five times a day. And he did that throughout his relationship with Ataturk - 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.
powerful father men
My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.
people singing black
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.
song writing matter
Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.
writing thinking six
The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.
voice should-have singers
A singer's biographical film should have their music and their voice.
people eric west
There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.
people
Flashy people aren't everything, you know. Even when they have frizzled hair.
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.
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.
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.
belongs roll
Rock n' roll really belongs to all America. It really doesn't belong to one city.
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.