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" Like everything at Big Machine Label Group, the music comes out when it's ready. "
Scott Borchetta
Music
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" There are a lot of similarities, even though we're in two different businesses: There's the Taylor Swift business and the Big Machine Label Group business, but there's a huge intersection there. When we're together, it's limitless. "
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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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" If you stand for something, that means there are going to be people who support you and people who don't support you. "
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" It's just part of my DNA. I love racing. "
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" 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. "
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" Are there a million people out there who would love a Joey Cook album? I think there probably are. "
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" The facts show that the music industry was much better off before Spotify hit these shores. "
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" I think when we do our job right, our artists don't sound like anybody else. I have a real hard time with voices that sound like other big voices. "
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" It doesn't matter if it's social media or radio media or television media - it's all media, and it's all marketing. It's about understanding where your fans are. And when you have infiltrated them, and they're satisfied, and there's demand, how do you grow it from there? "
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" We're not too top heavy with executives. I don't have to check with New York or L.A. My crew walks in, we talk about something, and either we do it or we don't. There's not a long, drawn out process. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I attended College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, Calif., for a year, but college wasn't for me. I was curious about life beyond Los Angeles. "
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" The end game is always a hit song. "
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