Quotes from Scooter Braun

Where I've been able to be successful in our company's path is the fact that people think that we kill it, because they don't see our failures. Because we don't talk about them.

The moment our youth succeed, we try to figure out how to tear them down.

I don't know if I'm going to be a manager forever. I don't know if I'm going to be producing films or television shows.

I had very big lips growing up, so my brother started to call me Scooter Fish because he decided a scooter fish has big lips.

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.

I don't look at money as success. I look at it as an avenue to freedom.

I think anybody who's been a part of a kid's life, you hope that when they go out into the world, that they surround themselves with the right people and don't find themselves in trouble.

Sometimes the only way to realize what a foolish purchase is is to make one.

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.

I looked at Robert Downey, Jr. and all these people - when you ask for redemption, people will give it to you. But if you're the boy who cried wolf, they'll destroy you.

My job is making irrational people do rational things.

The only real failure is giving up.

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

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.

My grandfather died when I was 14, and he was in Bergen-Belsen and Dachau. So be grateful for your life because nothing is guaranteed. Everything could literally be taken away from you tomorrow.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

People like to shy away from comparisons. Personally, I think that's a mistake. Comparisons can be good. People like to compartmentalize things within their own heads, and helping them do that can actually be a positive thing for the brand you're trying to build.

For me, the most fun times in this office are when we're listening to music. That's what you signed up for, not to just make deals.

I think people will always like intelligent TV.

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