Top 25 Quotes by Ahmet Ertegun

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These are some quotes by Turkish author Ahmet Ertegun Businessman.

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

As I grew up, I began to discover a little bit about the situation of black people in America and experienced an immediate empathy with the victims of such senseless discrimination. Because although the Turks were never slaves, they were regarded as enemies within Europe because of their Muslim beliefs.

Ahmet Ertegun

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

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

My first wife was a theater person.

My first wife was a theater person.

Ahmet Ertegun

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

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

I've been in the studio when you go through a track and you run down a track and you know even before the singer starts singing, you know the track is swinging... you know you have a multimillion-seller hit - and what you're working on suddenly has magic.

Ahmet Ertegun

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

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

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