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" Are there a million people out there who would love a Joey Cook album? I think there probably are. "

Scott Borchetta

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" A lot of times in a record company environment, it's, 'All right, go out on the road, go get some experience, come back in six months, and we'll see where we are.' I've erased that. Now it's, 'This is what we're working on today. I expect you to come in tomorrow and address this and be better.' "

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" When you break an artist, you learn a lot. "

Scott Borchetta

" I've had so many conversations with new artists trying to figure out their careers. "

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" Our entire goal is to make something that moves you... if you don't want to call it country, I don't care. That doesn't matter to me. "

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" Winning 'American Idol' really anoints you the opportunity to have a great career; it does not anoint you a career. "

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" Can a label group by itself scale to make a sensible business? I don't think so. "

Scott Borchetta

" Because we are Nashville-based and predominately a country label, people obviously think of us in that way, and that's fine. "

Scott Borchetta

" I'm not a politically correct person. "

Scott Borchetta

Politically Correct

" The camera is the gatekeeper to the audience that's watching you. "

Scott Borchetta

" So much time and attention has been spent on streaming that we've really gotten away from some of the things that we could have, energywise, put into working together with radio more closely for terrestrial. "

Scott Borchetta

" For the label to grow, it has to have great executives who understand the culture, understand the mission, and can lead. I don't want to be part of every decision. "

Scott Borchetta

" We decided when we were building Big Machine that we wanted to be a Harley or a Ferrari. "

Scott Borchetta

" You can come after me all day long. I don't care. "

Scott Borchetta

" The nicest thing that my friends who've known me for 15 or 20 years say to me is, 'Man, it's crazy that you're the same guy.' It's like, 'Which guy did you expect me to be?' "

Scott Borchetta

" You have to be responsible to yourself... but that doesn't mean you can't have a point of view about something. "

Scott Borchetta

" I don't want to worry about someone calling me and going, 'You better find a way to get another Taylor Swift record out this quarter.' When there's that kind of financial pressure dictating your path, it's hard to take creative risks. "

Scott Borchetta

" As an artist development platform, we've proven that all the work done behind the scenes at American Idol, along with surviving the rigors of the intense live shows, can properly prepare a winner for a real-world music career opportunity. "

Scott Borchetta

" You've got to believe in yourself. "

Scott Borchetta

Believe In Yourself

" I grew up in Southern California, so there is just a part of me that is a Hollywood rocker. "

Scott Borchetta

" When we signed Taylor Swift, people said, 'You're signing a 15-year-old female country artist? Good luck!' "

Scott Borchetta

" It's such a loud world out there, so it's important to be able to be ubiquitous across formats. "

Scott Borchetta

" If you look at most of our roster, we've got great singer/songwriters. I'm always attracted to that. "

Scott Borchetta

" What's on the edge? What's next? That's where I think I do my best work - if I push my whole team to the edge. "

Scott Borchetta

" Without naming names, you can take some of the biggest artists of the last 25-30 years and point to those moments where they thought they were going to be movie stars, put the entire weight of a film on their back, and it failed. And some of them didn't recover from that. "

Scott Borchetta

" When we first started, I had the time to personally live every project. As I continue to build the company, I've learned much better ways to delegate and let the executive team run. It's just as exciting for me to see the executives succeed as it is the artists. "

Scott Borchetta

" If we don't have great music, we're not any company. "

Scott Borchetta

" With the launch of Big Machine Premium Vodka, we are now offering a superior product that perfectly complements the music we take such great pride in. "

Scott Borchetta

" The end game is always a hit song. "

Scott Borchetta

" The world isn't all happy, shiny people, and great art doesn't come from vanilla. Great art comes from people with a point of view and are very passionate. "

Scott Borchetta

" Part of the mission of Nash Icon is taking away some of the day-to-day, hand-to-hand combat that you have to do to continue the mainstream country-radio relationship. "

Scott Borchetta