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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

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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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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" It never gets easier to break a new act. "

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" We decided when we were building Big Machine that we wanted to be a Harley or a Ferrari. "

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" If you think back to the beginning of the label, we knew we had to strike quickly and aggressively and go for the brass ring. "

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

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" We have a mantra at the Big Machine Label Group: Start with crazy and work backward. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" The end game is always a hit song. "

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" The world isn't all happy, shiny people, and great art doesn't come from vanilla. Great art comes from people with a point of view and are very passionate. "

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" Most of our artists are songwriters, so the songs are still central to all this. If you don't have great songs, it doesn't matter the marketing or how many times you are on TV; you can only polish it so much. "

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" I don't want to worry about someone calling me and going, 'You better find a way to get another Taylor Swift record out this quarter.' When there's that kind of financial pressure dictating your path, it's hard to take creative risks. "

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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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" 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.' "

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" You've got to believe in yourself. "

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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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