Bruce Springsteen gave people faith in rock & roll and in themselves again.
The good news is in the record business, they only count your successes.
Nobody wanted to be in business with Death Row because, unfortunately, they felt there was an element there that could be dangerous. But I just knew they had great music and that they were a bunch of guys who wanted to make it out of the ghetto. That's something I can understand.
I'm most proud that I thought of Beats at 55.
I can't learn in school, but I can learn from somebody who I think is cool and great.
Beats succeeded because, as music lovers, we knew oscilloscopes don't buy headphones - people do.
The great artists of music have always innovated and boldly changed the game, but the industry itself has not.
Too often, the music business allowed third-party companies to innovate for us - and that simply does not work anymore.
Everything Dre and I do is completely on feel. We don't prepare for anything... we only work on instinct.
Just because you did something once doesn't mean anything. You have to be willing in your heart to begin again every day. The minute I'm not willing to do that, I will retire.
I don't have a rear-view mirror.
Algorithms are great, but they're very limited in what they can do as far as playing songs and playing a mood.
The media people need to have real tech people, and the tech people need media people. Otherwise, you have the 'Star Wars' bar on Tatooine with everyone fighting.
Record companies are not unique. Artists are. Period!
I wanted a label that reflects the times... a center for artists who want to express themselves. That's what makes Interscope unique. It's about freedom.
I couldn't do a show; I have about as much talent to do television as, you know... it's not what I do. I wouldn't know where to begin.
Curation is everything.
The fact is that 'free' in music streaming is so technically good and ubiquitous that it's stunting the growth of paid streaming.
I always knew that women, some women, at times find it very difficult to find music.
Girls are sitting around talking about boys, right? Or complaining about boys, when they have their heart broken or whatever, and they need music for that, right? And they need music for that. So it's hard to find the right music. Not everyone has the right list or knows a DJ.
