No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.
“I was signed by L.A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I got put on RCA or whatever, then there were new people there, and every six months it changes and more new people come in.”
“A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.”