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" GaGa is a digital baby - that's how they communicate. There cant be any layers between the artists and their fans. "

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" When your back is against the wall, your brain has to function at a high level. "

" No one has bridged that gap between music and technology yet. "

" When you have to negotiate for survival, and you have to know how to read rooms, and you have to know who the bad guys in the rooms are - who has the gun in their pocket, who's just going to brandish it, and who's going to actually pull the trigger. So I think that's just a natural instinct that comes with coming from where I come from. "

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

" People are experimenting with streaming, with subscription services, whether it's a Spotify or a Pandora or a Rdio. "

" When I first got pitched on Uber, I thought it was the dumbest idea ever. "

" Our bet is on the future of micronetworks. "

" Once we started making investments, we realized the same service we provided to artists was applicable to entrepreneurs as well. "

" Being schooled is the same thing as learning, and you can never be too old to have your coattail pulled when you're wrong about something. "

" The more people are listening to music and experiencing it, the more value for both the music companies and the artist, especially when their financial model is built around that . With the music industry, everybody is starting to understand that doesn't begin with a piece of music. "

" 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. "

" If you can't see it, you can't be it. "

" 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. "

" 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 invested in Uber in 2011 when it was only in San Francisco. "

" The most successful people in the world are the ones who thought of that idea that was 'too crazy to work.' "

" It isn't that every company is going to be successful. The law of averages shows that 80% of companies are going to fail. "

" 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 grew up carrying crates of records for Will Smith and those guys. "

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

" That's all I ever wanted to do in my life was music. And because I was a failed artist, I was actually able to help somebody accomplish their dream was, you know, definitely fulfilling. "

" The only two things that ever came naturally to me are music and investing. "

" To me, as A&R people and as managers, we're in the business of finding talent. It's no different than working with these engineers who just want to make good products. "

" I believe in outgrowing a mentor and getting a new one, and I think that you can never be too old to be schooled by your mentor. "

" You're basically competing with the same exact product. Coke and Pepsi are at least in different cans. Lyft and Uber drivers are just swapping out the mustache for the U on the dashboard, depending on which one they're getting the call on. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's less clutter in the beverage category than in the music category. A lot less clutter. "

" Hip hop is a multi-billion dollar business, and it was built off an opportunity that nobody else saw because they didn't understand the culture. "