Great article in the New York Times about the recently deceased Ahmet Ertegun, “the music magnate who founded Atlantic Records and shaped the careers of John Coltrane, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and many others”.
There’s a wealth of information in the article, but the ending jumped out at me:
He told a group of students once that while in college studying Medieval Philosophy “almost every night, I went to the Howard Theater and to various jazz and blues clubs. I had to decide whether I would go into a scholastic life or go back to Turkey in the diplomatic service, or do something else,” he said. “What I really loved was music, jazz, blues, and hanging out.” And so, he told the students, he did what he loved.
So, what do you love?
