Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
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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I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
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A story never looks as good as when the other fellow buys it.
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I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'
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My specialty is two things: music or really strange stories.
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I practice on the roads of Gaza as we don't have good stadiums and tracks so I gave my best.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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No press, no television. If my mom calls and says, 'Did you hear about?' I don't want to know nothing about anything that is going on in relation to music. I shut it all off.
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Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.
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My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.
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I feel like I know so little, and I just hope I get to live so long. I came to puberty late; it's all been late.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was a joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccentricity to the bland.
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Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.
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If you're last in your class at Harvard, it doesn't feel like you're a good student, even though you really are. It's not smart for everyone to want to go to a great school.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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I have women working in high positions. I was one of the first people to put women in charge of big construction jobs. And, you know, I've had a great relationship with women.
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I always wondered what it was like to be just a normal kid growing up in trying times or during a great moment in history.
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All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
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I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!
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I consider myself to be more real-sized than most of the actresses in California and in show business. They're very small. They're like miniature people.
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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.
