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The Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame will provide a center where the lives and the artistry of the greatest jazz musicians will be celebrated, and where people will come to learn about jazz, something to which my brother devoted his lifes work.

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I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.

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The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair

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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 have the other $20,000. I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up.

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I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day, every day, for about 40 years and it never occurred to me it'd kill me. If I'd have continued it might have killed me. My doctor said I should stick to wine.

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A singer's biographical film should have their music and their voice.

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There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.

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Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.

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There's been so much bad blood between the Kurds and the Turks.

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The all-time greatest Atlantic group - The Drifters

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My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.

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The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.

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It is a great life, this life of music.

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I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

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My first wife was a theater person.

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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.

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I first heard Laura Branigan sing live in my brother Nesuhi's apartment, where we had gone because he had a very good piano. I immediately realized that she had a great pop voice, in the classical sense. Laura had an instinctive feel for music and melody, and her delivery was sensational. Everybody at Atlantic knew that we had a winner in this young lady, and she came through with great hits that will be remembered for many years to come. I consider Laura to be one of my best signings, and I am proud to have had such a great singer in my career in the record business. We miss her dearly.

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Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.

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People like Clyde McPhatter who came out of the black churches - like Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin - were all church singers who became great pop singers because gospel singing is very close to the blues.

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Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.

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