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" People told me I was nuts when I went to sign an act from YouTube - and now, that's one of the most conventional things you can do as an agent or manager. "

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" As a music industry, if we remain in competition, then we die. We have to understand that we're all in this together. Collaboration and synergy, it's one of the most important things out there. "

" I got offered a bunch of reality show stuff, but I didn't want to be known for that, so I turned it all down. "

" I have a rule where once a week I have a date night with my wife, and that's the time when I put my phone away and have calls forwarded to my assistant in case of emergency. "

" The really great brands live on this idea of bringing something that's truly authentic - and then building around that. It's not about trying to be something as much as it being who you are in the best light possible. "

" I want to show that you can be a successful entertainment executive, be a good husband, be a good father, be a good friend, be down to earth, be a good person, and give back. If I can push that message out there into the world and pass it on to my son, then I'm OK. "

" I think people got this idea that I wanted to be a star. Managers of the past don't have any kind of public persona - it's all about the fame of the artist. I really don't want to be a star. I just want to have a platform. "

" I don't think you're selling out by allowing the masses to love your art. The only curse is that, when you get so big, sometimes people forget to look at the music. "

" I'm having fun, and I'm waking up every morning and my staff is waking up every morning looking at each other and saying, 'What can we do today that would be really cool?' I cannot complain about my life. "

" When I was 25, I had risked everything to launch Justin Bieber and was a couple months away from losing everything. "

" The only way you'll find out something is to fail because you only need one success to be successful. "

" The only real failure is giving up. "

" My job is making irrational people do rational things. "

" If you really love someone, you push them. "

" I had very big lips growing up, so my brother started to call me Scooter Fish because he decided a scooter fish has big lips. "

" If you watch Justin's early videos, I never let him say, 'My name is Justin Bieber,' and then start singing - he always just sang. And the reason I did that was I wanted you to feel like you were in the room. Or maybe you were seeing something you weren't supposed to see. "

" My grandfather died when I was 14, and he was in Bergen-Belsen and Dachau. So be grateful for your life because nothing is guaranteed. Everything could literally be taken away from you tomorrow. "

" I want to build an asset-driven business, and I want to make my clients a part of everything I'm doing. Go into the branding business, consumer products, food, apparel. We need to expand in those places. "

" What I do for a living is so high-risk that I try to make sure my portfolio is as conservative as possible. "

" Balance in general is difficult, but I refuse to go through life and just have work and not have good balance. I want to be an example, not only to my own children but also to artists and other entrepreneurs, that you can be a workaholic and also be a good husband and good father. "

" David Geffen was a Bruce Wayne to me. He was extraordinary, but at the same time, his talents were something that I could dream of and could fathom. "

" The biggest pieces of my business are not public. Maybe I'll tell all the details when I'm 50 or 60. "

" Ludacris is one of the best people in the world, and I've known him since I was 19 years old. "

" If you can help someone become a good young woman or a good young man, they have a better chance of surviving in this business. "

" I believe in karma. "

" I think people will always like intelligent TV. "

" I think the reason why people loved 'Jem' in the '80s was because it kind of gave them this story of a place to fit in. It's about finding your place. "

" I'm a 34-year-old man who calls himself Scooter. That describes the vibe. "

" If you really love someone, you can't be angry if they don't love you the same way. You got to just love them because you love them, not because you're expecting anything back in return. "

" If you're not going to do it to the best of your ability, then don't do it at all. "

" I never like to talk about things until we're already successful. The moment you announce what you're thinking about doing, you've already created a ticking time bomb. "