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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.