Ahmet Ertegun

I think it's better to burn out than to fade away... it's better to live out your days being very, very active - even if it destroys you - than to quietly... disappear.

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.

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

I don't know who's worse with little boys, Mario or Michael Jackson.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

Lonnie was ahead of his time, but at the same time he was right in there with Albert Collins's Cool Sounds.