My father was a very religious person. And he prayed five times a day. And he did that throughout his relationship with Ataturk - at a time when it was very brave to do because Ataturk was cutting off the heads of the imams. And people thought that that was foolhardy of my father.
Ahmet ErtegunWhenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.
Ahmet Ertegun