The Ledger, every show

“You actually, believe it or not, have white people that are the heads of black music with a title at some of these companies.”

“So we're still reminded of our place in, in, in this country, so you'll never get to reconciliation. We all know the truth, but we'll never get to reconciliation.”

“You actually, believe it or not, have white people that are the heads of black music with a title at some of these companies. You know, it's, and literally you have qualified black executives in the company, but actual white people with a title, the head of bl…”

“Philadelphia hasn't approved one charter school in eight years since, since this mayor's been in office.”

“She walked in and say I'm, I want to go in another direction, basically.”

“And, you know, I think we worked on the music for almost nine or 10 months, and then we took it to the record label, and the record label said, oh, those songs are great, let's give this to the Pussycat Dolls, let's give this to Britney Spears.”

“Independent artists, it's one of the fastest growing sectors in the music industry, but at the same time, it's a very underserved market in terms of technology, in terms of services”

“All of the technology that's been introduced to the music industry is still one of the only businesses that doesn't have a direct relationship with its customer. So like, if you're a record label Spotify or Apple music or YouTube, they have the direct relation…”

“And then we went to Ohio after, and on stage, it was a Confederate flag right behind the stage, and Charlie Puth refused to go on for his soundtracks. Until they took that flag down.”

“On the touring side, it's catastrophic, and the reality is we probably won't see this look normal until twenty-twenty-two, in my opinion.”

“Recently I was on a trip probably five months ago with my YPO forum, which is, you know, Young Presidents Organization, and we did a retreat to Mexico City, and it's 10 of us, We get out of our SUV to pull up to the hotel. All of the guys go in the back to get…”

“And on stage, it was a Confederate flag right behind the stage, and Charlie Puth, Refused to go on for his soundcheck until they took that flag down.”

“On the touring side, it's catastrophic, and the reality is we probably won't see this look normal until twenty-twenty-two, in my opinion.”

“I remember people telling her she was gonna have to get a nose job, you know, because, you know, her nose was too big to be a pop star, or she was gonna have to give these songs to the Pussycat Dolls because she wasn't famous enough. Or this record needed to g…”

“Most of the entrepreneurs that we've invested in haven't done anything in that space that they're getting ready to go into.”

“She came into my office, you know, she sat down on the couch, and she said, I think I want to go in another direction. Wow. And I said, well, what do you mean? She said, well I think I'm gonna find new management. I said, well, why? She said, well, I think I w…”

“Actually, L.A. Reid, who had done your show had just dropped her from Def Jam.”

“You know what, I wouldn't say friends, but cordial.”

“Actually, L.A. Reid, who had done your show had just dropped her from Def Jam. But, you know, she, in all fairness to L.A., she was a piano singer.”

“Yep, she walked in and say I'm, I want to go in another direction, basically.”

“Like, Gayo Siri, who manages, like, Madonna Scooter Braun, who manages Bieber, myself, and a few other managers, we were all party promoters.”

“My House was under foreclosure, and my wife and my mother-in-law ended up pawning their wedding rings to, you know, to save the house”

“He had called me and said, you know, Carter, I got this girl that I saw in MySpace that I want you to check out, and he brought her in, And she played her music, which was great, and was Lady Gaga.”

“And we went out, and we took those songs to radio, and it was a disaster. The radio wouldn't play it.”

“My, House was under foreclosure, and my wife and my mother-in-law ended up pawning their wedding rings to, you know, to save the house, you know, and even down the, you know, the kids were in private school, and having to tell, you know, The head of school ask…”

“You know, I wouldn't say friends, but cordial.”

“He actually got the job as their manager because he was the only guy in our neighborhood with a car.”

“So we basically bootstrapped this thing, and every dime that she did make, she reinvested it back into her career.”

“We put it out, and it went double wood.”

“He actually got the job as their manager because he was the only guy in our neighborhood with a car.”

“One time I think I pissed the office manager off over something, and she told James that I had been using this car service to visit this girl, and James came in and fired me and sent me back to Philly.”

“We knew Jazzy Jeff had a recording studio there, and we just would wait outside of the recording studio, and I think we did that for almost six months, and Jeff used to see us outside, but would never let us in.”