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

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" You go into the venues, and there's a huge drop-off rate in the merch lines. People don't want to miss parts of the concert. "

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

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

" I like to compare the attitude and energy of an emerging start-up to that of the early hip-hop era. From working at labels like Bad Boy and Ruff Ryders, walking into the Def Jam offices, A Touch of Jazz and things like that, the vibe is that off making something out of nothing and making things work, and that's what I love about start-ups. "

" 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. "

" I still have a day job, so I don't think I'll be a full-time Shark, but if they ever invited me back, I'd be more than happy to do it. "

" In order to continue the growth, we have to go back to embracing technology and the way that people choose to consume music. "

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

" Priyanka and Red One made a great record that we think will stand on its own. People won't buy the music just because she is who she is. We want them to buy it because it's good. "

" I think piracy itself is going to end up going away. "

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

" 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. "

" When I started Atom Factory, the idea was to do something small yet powerful. That name resonated with the mission. "

" 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 always boiled down to the quality of your music and the quality of your deal with whoever's distributing your music: There are artists who sold a lot of records and didn't make money because of their deal, and artists who didn't sell nearly as much who made a great living because they own their masters. "

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

" I come from a place where when you shake someone's hand, it is a deal. "

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

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

" Hustle is simple - it's doing the work. A lot of people like to talk about it, a lot of people have ideas, but it's difficult to actually do the work. "

" 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. "

" The way consumers interact with music is different now. It's not an albums business anymore; it's a singles business again, and the industry has gone through that before. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Spotify was one of the first services that actually focuses on the consumer because they don't have to spend hundreds of dollars a year on music. "

" 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. "