Ahmet Ertegun

My first wife was a theater person.

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

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

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.

I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.