Scooter Braun

“Ludacris is one of the best people in the world, and I've known him since I was 19 years old.”

“My wife deals with real problems. My problems aren't problems - they're inconveniences.”

“I never like to talk about things until we're already successful. The moment you announce what you're thinking about doing, you've already created a ticking time bomb.”

“The biggest pieces of my business are not public. Maybe I'll tell all the details when I'm 50 or 60.”

“I don't think you're selling out by allowing the masses to love your art. The only curse is that, when you get so big, sometimes people forget to look at the music.”

“I think caring as much as we do has been our greatest asset and really allowed us to build such a great company. It might not be conventional, but that's the way I'd rather live my life.”

“If you watch Justin's early videos, I never let him say, 'My name is Justin Bieber,' and then start singing - he always just sang. And the reason I did that was I wanted you to feel like you were in the room. Or maybe you were seeing something you weren't supposed to see.”

“I think only Kanye can truly understand Kanye.”

“I said 'no' nine times when Kanye asked me to work with him because I liked being friends with him. Then he put me in a position where I couldn't say no: He just told everyone I was his manager.”

“If you really love someone, you can't be angry if they don't love you the same way. You got to just love them because you love them, not because you're expecting anything back in return.”

“There were 10 to 12 years where I averaged two to three hours of sleep a night. There were times when I didn't go to sleep for two days, but I'd usually crash one Sunday a month for 16 to 18 straight hours, and then I'd be rejuvenated.”

“Hatred will never win.”

“The only way you'll find out something is to fail because you only need one success to be successful.”

“I surround myself with incredible, capable people, and the beautiful part about the artists I've chosen to work with, and the artists that have chosen to work with me, is that we share the same family values.”

“I enjoy difficult tasks. What's hard is finding the people to do them and finding a team to actually enjoy success. That is the real challenge of success.”

“What is now commonplace was once not, and I think that's a testament to what it means to really break the mold and push the limits.”

“If my ambition was to stay a manager the rest of my life, then I'd probably follow what people think managers are supposed to be like, but my ambition was never to be a manager.”

“I want to show that you can be a successful entertainment executive, be a good husband, be a good father, be a good friend, be down to earth, be a good person, and give back. If I can push that message out there into the world and pass it on to my son, then I'm OK.”

“If you really love someone, you push them.”

“My brother and I made a pact that every deal we do has to have a charitable component; otherwise, we don't do it.”