Running Label Quotes by Erol Alkan

You have to follow your instinct, and that's what I've tried to do all my life, whether in music or anything.

— Erol Alkan

About 20 years ago, I had a dream in which somebody sang one of the most beautiful melodies I'd ever heard, and gave it…

— Erol Alkan

When someone walks into my room and goes 'wow' at my record collection, at that moment I could actually hate music and just want…

— Erol Alkan

All the best bands have a language, and what they say within that language makes it is what it is.

— Erol Alkan

You can't live life being afraid, because fear censors ambition.

— Erol Alkan

It's all gravy when everything's great, but if there comes a point where there's a problem, as with any kind of relationship you need…

— Erol Alkan

I wish I could do something else, I wish I was an amazing painter or a brain surgeon or something, but it's just what…

— Erol Alkan

It's getting to the point where, to be honest with you, even though there is a lot of great music around, especially in clubland,…

— Erol Alkan

I don't know if this is a good thing to say, but the musical obsession has almost shifted to a creative obsession now.

— Erol Alkan

I don't know what genre I've fallen into, I don't know where it is, and that's really exciting.

— Erol Alkan

I think I just want to make and be part of great records, because of what it brings to other people, what it gives…

— Erol Alkan

Guidance is everything, you have to accept that somebody is their own person, an individual.

— Erol Alkan

I think the two sides to me are the same as two sides to anybody. In relation to the link between doing the label…

— Erol Alkan

Obviously like many of us, I love music, and I hate music sometimes.

— Erol Alkan

There's zero correlation between owning music and being a greater music lover or musician than the next person.

— Erol Alkan