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" We decided when we were building Big Machine that we wanted to be a Harley or a Ferrari. "
Scott Borchetta
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" Our entire goal is to make something that moves you... if you don't want to call it country, I don't care. That doesn't matter to me. "
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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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" 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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" The facts show that the music industry was much better off before Spotify hit these shores. "
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" The Big Machine Label Group will continue to knock down doors to break female talent. "
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" You can come after me all day long. I don't care. "
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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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" Every day is an adventure, and no two days are ever alike. "
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Adventure
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" I've had so many conversations with new artists trying to figure out their careers. "
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" You've got to believe in yourself. "
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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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Right
Life
Car
" 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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Product
Pride
" You have to be responsible to yourself... but that doesn't mean you can't have a point of view about something. "
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Point Of View
View
You
" 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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" 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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Happy
People
Art
" 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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Voice
People
You
" 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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Time
Job
Sound
" If you stand for something, that means there are going to be people who support you and people who don't support you. "
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Who
Support
Going
" 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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Path
Me
Creative
" I'm being myself when the camera is rolling. "
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Rolling
Being Myself
Myself
" 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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Father
Parents
Company
" Part of the mission of Nash Icon is taking away some of the day-to-day, hand-to-hand combat that you have to do to continue the mainstream country-radio relationship. "
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Mission
You
Some
" The last thing we want is for radio to say that they can't afford to play our artists and turn off the pipe. "
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Turn
Say
Want
" It's such a loud world out there, so it's important to be able to be ubiquitous across formats. "
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World
Out
Loud
" 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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Say
Crazy
You
" You can have all personality in the world, the looks, etc., but if you don't have the songs, it doesn't close the deal. "
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World
Personality
" 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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Rock
California
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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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People
Racing
" 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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Back
You
Think
" Are there a million people out there who would love a Joey Cook album? I think there probably are. "
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