Flashy people aren’t everything, you know. Even when they have frizzled hair. Ahmet Ertegun Read Quote
America is remarkable, don’t you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an English accent. It was assumed that it would go on in that way. Ahmet Ertegun Read Quote
You know what I’d really like to do? I’d like to record some white Chicago jazz. Ahmet Ertegun Read Quote
Fifty years from now, people will still be listening to Led Zeppelin. They won’t even remember me. Ahmet Ertegun Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make hits, but how to make great music. Of course, part of it is his incredible talent. Who are the greatest jazz singers in the world? Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Ray Charles. Ahmet Ertegun Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I don’t use the computer. But my secretary does. I want to take some computer courses because I’m interested in some of the access to some of the illegal things on the Internet. I’m just kidding. Ahmet Ertegun Read Quote
Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music. Ahmet Ertegun Read Quote
