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

Scott Borchetta

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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've always thought that I've had a nice gift for putting the right people together. "

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

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" 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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" 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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" When I started the label, I stopped racing. Even though I have a better chance of getting hurt walking outside and falling down the stairs, if I had gotten injured on the racetrack, people would be going, 'What is this guy doing?' So I had to grow up a little bit. "

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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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" Are there a million people out there who would love a Joey Cook album? I think there probably are. "

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" I learned a long time ago, Don't ever doubt the power of Taylor Swift. "

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

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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.' "

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

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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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" When you break an artist, you learn a lot. "

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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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" Winning 'American Idol' really anoints you the opportunity to have a great career; it does not anoint you a career. "

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" We try to stay on the edge of the mainstream and look at what the most aggressive young kids are running toward. "

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" With the launch of Big Machine Premium Vodka, we are now offering a superior product that perfectly complements the music we take such great pride in. "

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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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" It's such a loud world out there, so it's important to be able to be ubiquitous across formats. "

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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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" We came up with all these crazy ideas that Taylor Swift could be the biggest artist in the world - and it came true - and that we could have five labels and become the biggest independent record company in the world - and it came true. "

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

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" The nicest thing that my friends who've known me for 15 or 20 years say to me is, 'Man, it's crazy that you're the same guy.' It's like, 'Which guy did you expect me to be?' "

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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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