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" It never gets easier to break a new act. "
Scott Borchetta
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" When I started the label, I stopped racing. Even though I have a better chance of getting hurt walking outside and falling down the stairs, if I had gotten injured on the racetrack, people would be going, 'What is this guy doing?' So I had to grow up a little bit. "
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" The last thing we want is for radio to say that they can't afford to play our artists and turn off the pipe. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I grew up in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California in the 1970s. My friends and I were into bicycle motocross and into skateboarding in empty swimming pools. Those activities shaped my generation. "
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" We try to stay on the edge of the mainstream and look at what the most aggressive young kids are running toward. "
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" I've always thought that I've had a nice gift for putting the right people together. "
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" Sirius and XM went on air in 2001. It's taken 14 years for that to be a real business. It took them combining to be a real business. "
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