Ahmet Ertegun Music Quotations

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.

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.

I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other.