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"I had business experience. I had made my living designing and building electronic equipment. Basic business was not new to me, but the music business was completely new to me. I knew nothing about distribution, or any of those things."
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"The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business."
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"In the business always talk to decision makers only, it will save your time and will get you the deal."
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"Business is the salt of life."
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"Marketing is safe. Sales is risky. UNLESS, marketing has done its job. Then sales is safe too."
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"To me everything in business boils down to this: do you genuinely care about your customers - or just their cash?"
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"The nonessential employees, the type of workers whom remain at home when it snows, are the quickest to complain about how the talented persons of an organization behave."
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"The competition is out to get you. Are you a moving target or a sitting duck? Innovate or die."
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"One of the biggest secrets of success is delegation. Exactly the method Sir Richard Branson uses! If it helped him become a billionaire businessman then it is worth utilizing in your own life/business, etc."
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"A fair price for oil is whatever you can get plus ten to twenty per cent."
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"The most successful businesses have leaders that see the correlation between customer service and sales. not as separate departments, but as complimentary components for growth."
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"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."
Success
"There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there."
History
"We had a lot of riots. We came under attack from many of the police departments. It certainly wasn't some publicity thing. I was afraid for many years. We couldn't play in LA for many years. A lot of people got very cynical."
People
"We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it."
Music
"SST was formed to put out the first Black Flag record. Basically, there wasn't anyone else to do it. I felt that what I was doing with Black Flag was very worthwhile, and I wanted to get it out there."
First
"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."
Music
"We've gotten involved in cat rescue - we take them in and find homes for them. I've always loved cats. I saw how homeless cats were living out there. We take them in, put out flyers."
Cats
"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."
People
"If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient."
Music
"Most good things happen with time; especially music, which needs time to breathe and to find its own way."
Time
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