"Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you."
"I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company."
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Source: Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 11, 2010.
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