“When people in Azerbaijan weren’t seeing dollars, dollars were coming into my father’s account. In fact, my father was poor, and later, by his own effort and his own talent, he lifted us up too.”
Globalinfo.az reports that these words were spoken on air in the “Astar” project by Khalig Taghiyev, son of composer Alakbar Taghiyev.
He said Alakbar Taghiyev is still loved by the people today:
“There is no Azerbaijani who has not hummed at least a few of my father’s songs on his lips or in his heart. He always used to say that I will not be here, but you will still live on my money. And indeed, today I live on my father’s royalties. A single song, ‘You Stopped Coming’, has brought me close to a million dollars. More than a million. In Turkey I signed a contract with a company, and they have their own percentages. For example, right now I am talking to you here, but my royalties keep coming in. From these revenues I pay the state a 20 percent tax: 10 percent in Azerbaijan and 10 percent in Turkey. This is an open tax registered in my name.”
Aliyar Khalil
Globalinfo.az
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