Uploaded December 2015 | Updated September 2026, 31 minutes ago

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BERT KAEMPFERT - QUOTES

“I want to make music for everyone. It’s meant to give people pleasure.
If it doesn’t, it’s failed in its purpose.”

“If people know my tunes, that’s enough”

“My Music says everything I have to say”

“I always say : I write only hits, but people
don’t realize ….”

In 1960 : “The time has come to head for America”

At the end of the 1974 live performance in the UK :
“I’d love to go on but I’ve run out of music….. And my musicians are thirsty!”

In a 1979 radio interview :
“ It’s a fact that – under pressure – my performance will be better”

In a 1979 radio interview :
“ I find peace and quiet in the Everglades. That’s where I can
Really enjoy life : together with my friends / colleague fishermen”

In an interview about his worldhit “Strangers in the night”
“I never expected this movie soundtrack called “Beddy Bye” to
become such a huge success.”

In an interview about one of his other world hits “Danke schoen” :
“I think it took me 2 or 3 minutes to write it…. The lyrics also surfaced quickly :
Kurt Schwabach started to add the words when he heard me play it for the first time.”