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"Asking the appropriate questions means understanding exactly what your customer is trying to achieve."

"Tell your good news as an evangelist would. Do so with a passion driven by a need to help and solve problems that some people didn't even know they had."

"Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours."

"Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off."

"Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives."

"The only way to make a great product is to make a product that people want."

"It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."

"Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry."
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"I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the authorities, and also our political philosophies apart from the music."

"The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views."

"The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies."

"Most good things happen with time; especially music, which needs time to breathe and to find its own way."

"The English scene got more media attention with their emphasis on fashion, with the safety pins and all. There were some really good bands over there. The Sex Pistols were great."

"People from major labels were afraid to go to Black Flag gigs throughout most of the band's existence. They treated our gigs as something threatening. I'm sure that it probably was. They probably had reasons to be scared."

"It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there."

"The REM and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in on the trend. Don't try to sound like someone else. REM and Nirvana don't sound like anyone else."

"There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies."

"As a label, you have to treat every group and every record as a unique entity. I think that that has been our success, rather than relying upon a fan base."
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