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" The Big Machine Label Group will continue to knock down doors to break female talent. "

Scott Borchetta

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" Our focus is still on country, but, really, on whatever music our artists are making. "

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" Without naming names, you can take some of the biggest artists of the last 25-30 years and point to those moments where they thought they were going to be movie stars, put the entire weight of a film on their back, and it failed. And some of them didn't recover from that. "

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" When we grew up, we couldn't wait to get our hands on cars, work with them, change the look of them. Now you see kids being like, 'I'll just take the Uber,' or 'Oh, I don't even have my driver's license yet.' I'm like, 'Ugh, who are you people?' "

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" When we signed Taylor Swift, people said, 'You're signing a 15-year-old female country artist? Good luck!' "

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" Some people are just gifted with a great voice, other people are gifted with great emotion, other people are gifted with great engagement - when you find all of those things in one package, you have Taylor Swift. "

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" If you listen, people will tell you exactly what they want - whether it's a business relationship or a consumer relationship. "

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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. "

Scott Borchetta

" I'm not a 'practicing' musician anymore. I played bass and guitar. I still pick up a guitar around the house every once in awhile. "

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" There's no reason people should be hungry in our country. It's not acceptable. "

Scott Borchetta

" A lot of times in a record company environment, it's, 'All right, go out on the road, go get some experience, come back in six months, and we'll see where we are.' I've erased that. Now it's, 'This is what we're working on today. I expect you to come in tomorrow and address this and be better.' "

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" I'm not a politically correct person. "

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Politically Correct

" The camera is the gatekeeper to the audience that's watching you. "

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" When we first started, I had the time to personally live every project. As I continue to build the company, I've learned much better ways to delegate and let the executive team run. It's just as exciting for me to see the executives succeed as it is the artists. "

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" I grew up in Southern California. I played in rock bands out here, and I've been around pop music my whole life. I've been around all music my entire life. "

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" I've always thought we've done our best work when everything is on the line. "

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" In 1985, I went to work for MTM Records, Mary Tyler Moore's Nashville record label, and stayed three years. After that, I spent two years as an independent promoter, then worked for MCA Nashville Records, DreamWorks Nashville, and Universal Music Nashville. "

Scott Borchetta

" I've had so many conversations with new artists trying to figure out their careers. "

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" I go by the rule of Gretzky: you gotta be there before the puck gets there, or you're going to get beat. "

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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. "

Scott Borchetta

" Something that I've told all of my young artists is, there are going to be haters. You're going to read things that are going to hurt you. It's not going to make any sense. Just know that it's out there and that it's really easy to just press 'delete.' "

Scott Borchetta

" 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. "

Scott Borchetta

" It's a rare opportunity when you can do something for the greater good. "

Scott Borchetta

" My father was in record promotion in Los Angeles. He worked for Mercury Records, Capitol Records, and RCA Records. My parents divorced when I was about 9. In 1978, my dad moved to Nashville and opened an independent record promotion company, Mike Borchetta Promotions. "

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" I grew up in Southern California, so there is just a part of me that is a Hollywood rocker. "

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" Auto racing has been a big part of my life since I was very young. When the car feels right, it's like, 'We've got a big machine.' "

Scott Borchetta

" You've got to believe in yourself. "

Scott Borchetta

Believe In Yourself

" 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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" We're a content company. And if we create the best content, every distributor will want what we have. "

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" Can a label group by itself scale to make a sensible business? I don't think so. "

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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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