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" Fifty-one million likes doesn't mean we're going to sell 51m albums or concert tickets. "

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" Mattel stepped up and changed the face of Barbie. Barbie looks a lot different than she did decades ago. Or even three weeks ago. "

" Backplane will provide a platform and tools for communities to socialize and communicate on a more focused level. "

" Music as a whole industry is growing exponentially, but in terms of the actual music file, when you look at the actual value there, to me, 'The Beatles' catalog should be worth more than Spotify. "

" On the artist side, we made a significant investment in very young artists from the very beginning of their careers and helped them become global superstars. "

" I don't think holograms are the future in the music industry. "

" If you wake up in the morning and your favorite artist isn't on the service that you're paying ten dollars a month for, sooner or later you lose faith in the subscription model. "

" The venture capital world is completely stacked against minority entrepreneurs. "

" Before I even agreed to work with Hennessy and the Privilege Awards, I wanted to do some research on it, look up past winners, and find out more about it. "

" I'm a very commonsense guy - I just look at the viability of the idea, if I feel the team has the ability to execute the idea. I also look at the investment syndicate, the size of the market, and then a lot of gut married on top of it. "

" It's more important to have the one million diehard fans than to have 54 million people who aren't necessarily fans, or they might have liked one thing you said or one video. "

" I was just a kid in love with hip hop music. I love music. I love the culture. I wanted to be a part of it in any way. "

" In the future, an artist will be able to perform for the entire world in one date. For the fan, it will be a fully immersive experience - through a pair of glasses or whatever the device. "

" We look to find partners whose values align with that of our artists. We also look for unique platforms that the potential branding partner can provide. Sometimes that's distribution, and sometimes it's an advertising platform. Each situation is unique. "

" I stay away from the arts... writing songs, being creative - those are downloads from God. You can't do data analytics on art. "

" Actors play different characters, so you have to build a new base around each new movie - with few exceptions, most actors don't have a fan base that just follows them around. With musicians, the fan base just goes everywhere they go. "

" Coming from the music business and seeing the transition from artists to fans, fans to consumers, it's really about understanding the psychology of why people want to associate with your brand. "

" I didn't go to business school. I actually didn't even graduate high school. I ended up with a GED. So everything that I've learned in business, I've learned through experience. "

" There are not a lot of black men in the pop business. "

" There were a lot of stereotypes that I had to break of how people in the entertainment industry do business. "

" I'd like to open doors for underserved communities and minorities in entrepreneurship. "

Entrepreneurship

" If a kid goes and buys a CD at Best Buy, we have no idea who the person is, how many times they listen to it, or anything like that. "

" I said, 'Who said African American founders can't build a billion dollar company?' "

" When you look at how technology companies are funded, it's not a zero-sum game. It could be 20 investors in one company, and everybody has to work together for the benefit of that company. "

" My biggest frustration is the lack of scale in the music industry. The fact that no one has sold 100 million copies of an album is frustrating. "

" The primary plan is to let the music speak for itself. "

" Technology is going to play a huge part in tomorrow's music business. And the companies that will win are going to be the most equipped to understand how to use data to further an artist's career. "

" You have a huge demographic shift that's happening in America. Globally. "