I don't use the computer. But my secretary does. I want to take some computer courses because I'm interested in some of… — Ahmet Ertegun Access Copy Share Image
Flashy people aren't everything, you know. Even when they have frizzled hair. — Ahmet Ertegun Even Copy Share Image
I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't… — Ahmet Ertegun Asked Copy Share Image
The Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame will provide a center where the lives and the artistry of the greatest jazz musicians will… — Ahmet Ertegun About Copy Share Image
Rock n' roll really belongs to all America. It really doesn't belong to one city. — Ahmet Ertegun America Copy Share Image
There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one… — Ahmet Ertegun Eric Copy Share Image
I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter. — Ahmet Ertegun Fans Copy Share Image
My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision. — Ahmet Ertegun Ataturk Copy Share Image
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 Anybody Copy Share Image
There's been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks. — Ahmet Ertegun Bad blood Copy Share Image
I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make… — Ahmet Ertegun About Copy Share Image
As I grew up, I began to discover a little bit about the situation of black people in America and experienced an… — Ahmet Ertegun About Copy Share Image
When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records.… — Ahmet Ertegun Any Copy Share Image
I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. — Ahmet Ertegun African american Copy Share Image
Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced… — Ahmet Ertegun About Copy Share Image
You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz. — Ahmet Ertegun Chicago Copy Share Image
The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair — Ahmet Ertegun Apollo Copy Share Image
I've lived very well all my life, even when I had no money, and there's very little I can't afford. — Ahmet Ertegun Afford Copy Share Image
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 Collins Copy Share Image
The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution. Ataturk saw… — Ahmet Ertegun Ataturk Copy Share Image
My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey. — Ahmet Ertegun Closest Copy Share Image
There is a certain sort of excess that is interesting, don't you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place. — Ahmet Ertegun America Copy Share Image
Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof. — Ahmet Ertegun Black Copy Share Image
