I never say someone is powerful.
Seeing young people caring about sound again and realizing that it’s not cool to not have good sound, that means a lot.
There was a time when, for anybody between the ages of 15 and 25, music was one, two and three.
I know what labels and artists need, along with the consumer.
I’m good at snap decisions. But if you let me, I will chew something to death.
Tupac was a glorious person, and he had all the right intentions.
Most technology companies are culturally inept. They’re never going to get curation right.
Having a hit is nice, having some success, but when you move popular culture, that’s a high.
I don’t know why records are treated different than books. I don’t know why an Eminem record is different than a Stephen King movie.
Music industry’s a fragmented mess.
I’m most proud that I thought of Beats at 55.
If you tell a kid, ‘You’ve got to pick music or Instagram,’ they’re not picking music.
I feel the pressure of getting something right.
I came from Brooklyn. My nickname was Moochie.
You try to do the best with what you’ve got and ignore everything else. That’s why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
If you follow the lead of the artists, they will take you places that you could never go on your own.
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