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" I am inspired by the diversity of the entrepreneurs that come into 'Shark Tank' and the ability of the show to reach all Americans. "

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" As we look at Hollywood and the controversy around the Oscars, it goes back to the voting block and the lack of people who come from that culture. For example, the NWA movie is a fantastic, fantastic movie. You need people who can look at a piece of art like that and understand the artistry in it. "

" To me, mentorships and internships are two big pillars in business development. I believe in having multiple mentors. "

" People don't buy horses to ride around any more for transportation. I just think the world changes. As a business, we have to make the proper adjustments. "

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

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

" You can't make an artist like Lady Gaga. You can help support, you can help develop the vision - I think you can add to the vision - but you just can't make an artist like that. That's like saying Lebron James' high school coach made Lebron James. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't think we're out there aggressively looking for deals. Our strategy is that business follows the creative. We're not out there scouring the marketplace for opportunities. "

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

" Being born in the adolescent years of hip hop helped us learn about flux. And when you're in an industry that is constantly growing, changing, maturing... you get a chance to try different things out and a chance to fail. "

" My third hire when I came to Spotify was Tiffany Kumar, who came on as our global head of songwriter relations. The whole idea was to put our heads together and figure out how to build and contribute within the songwriting community. "

" The way it works is the manager's sort of, you know, is like the hub of an artist's career. "

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

" 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. "

" I was brought onboard to strengthen the bridge between Spotify and the music community. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 bring in the record label who distributes the music. "

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

" Our bet is on the future of micronetworks. "

" Now we know that if we make a ten min video for YouTube, people will watch it. "

" 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. "

" As important as hustle is, grit and resilience are equally as important because there's a lot of rejection in our business. "

" I had this little rap group, and we were called '2 Too Many'... We used to hang out in front of Jazzy Jeff's record studio every day. "

" 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. "