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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. "

Scott Borchetta

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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?' "

" I'm being myself when the camera is rolling. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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" The reality of recording, it's one of the most intimate things that an artist ever does because if you do it right, you're exposing yourself, and you're expressing your emotions, and those are the key attributes to a big record that really connect with people. "

" 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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" 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. "