Scooter Braun

“My job is to make sure a client doesn't have any 'what if's - to make sure, when you look back, you don't say, 'What if I had done this? What if I had done that?'”

“I learned that you have a responsibility to do things when you can.”

“I love the creative process - brainstorming and coming up with campaigns.”

“The really great brands live on this idea of bringing something that's truly authentic - and then building around that. It's not about trying to be something as much as it being who you are in the best light possible.”

“I don't want anyone who is Muslim not to be able to dream that they can be President of the United States, and I don't want any of my friends, regardless of their orientation, thinking they are less of a citizen.”

“At 22 years old, I tattooed 'family' on my wrist to not lose sight of my true goal.”

“I was raised by an empowered woman. I married an empowered woman.”

“I'm a 34-year-old man who calls himself Scooter. That describes the vibe.”

“When I was 25, I had risked everything to launch Justin Bieber and was a couple months away from losing everything.”

“People told me I was nuts when I went to sign an act from YouTube - and now, that's one of the most conventional things you can do as an agent or manager.”

“The only real failure is giving up.”

“We aren't made to be worshipped as humans. I think that is why we see so many great artists crumble, because as humans, we are made to serve each other.”

“I got offered a bunch of reality show stuff, but I didn't want to be known for that, so I turned it all down.”

“I'm having fun, and I'm waking up every morning and my staff is waking up every morning looking at each other and saying, 'What can we do today that would be really cool?' I cannot complain about my life.”

“My company motto is 'Inspire the world to try.'”

“Balance in general is difficult, but I refuse to go through life and just have work and not have good balance. I want to be an example, not only to my own children but also to artists and other entrepreneurs, that you can be a workaholic and also be a good husband and good father.”

“My gut is my No. 1 asset. I also like to draw from a lot of people, and I ask a lot of questions. I'll literally show my ideas to 500 different people and get their opinions, and, in the end, after digesting all their opinions, I just trust my gut.”

“I want to build an asset-driven business, and I want to make my clients a part of everything I'm doing. Go into the branding business, consumer products, food, apparel. We need to expand in those places.”

“If that day come, and artists I've had incredible runs with just break my heart one day, you know what? I still got to do stuff that was actually really incredible. When that day comes, I'll deal with it. Until then, I'll be grateful for today.”

“When I look at acts, I look at the worldwide potential. And what travels wide is melody.”