“Can't do any work with a rock star; you have to go through their lawyers and their agents and their managers and you have to book them hotel rooms. When you work with your friends, you just call them up and they come over and you record and then you go out to see a movie.” BookStarsRoomsRecordsRocksLawyerAgentsManagersHotelRock StarHotel Rooms Author:Moby
“Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears.” MenGoalRecordsFootballEarsIncrediblesCupsManagersSoccerPinsChairman Author:Bill Shankly
“Look at my haircut. I am ready for the war. The objective is to win the Premiershp. I don't want to dominate, to finish without defeat, record points or goals or consecutive wins. The Premiership is so difficult you cannot be focused on that. I just think about winning.” ThinkingWantLooksWarWinningDifficultGoalRecordsFootballReadyDefeatFocusedObjectivesManagersSoccerChairmanHaircutsConsecutive Author:Jose Mourinho
“Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.” PeopleKindMomentsInterestDecisionInterestingRecordsCollegeBandHandleManagersLabelsRecord LabelsEarly 20s Author:Noah Baumbach
“There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good - though in the short run, it's difficult to determine whether a great record is due to luck or talent. Most advisors, however, are far better at generating high fees than they are at generating high returns. In truth, their core competence is salesmanship. Rather than listen to their siren songs, investors - large and small - should instead read Jack Bogle's The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.” ShouldLittlesBookRunningSongCoursesDifficultCommonRecordsTalentReturnLuckInvestmentInvestingVery GoodDetermineDuesCoreCommon SenseManagersInvestorsCompetenceFeesSirensAdvisorsSalesmanshipSiren Song Author:Warren Buffett
“I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few examples of consistently superior performance occur no more frequently than can be expected by chance.” PastChanceRecordsExamplePerformancesInvestingConvincedExpectedSuperiorsManagersFundMutualConsistentlyWorthlessPredictingFuture SuccessMutual FundSuperior Performance Author:Burton Malkiel
“The number of managers with great track records in a given market depends far more on the number of people who started in the investment business (in place of going to dental school), rather than on their ability to produce profits.” PeopleSchoolGivenAbilityNumbersRecordsProduceDependsInvestmentInvestingTrackProfitManagersTrack RecordDental Book:Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
“Metallica lives in a little bubble. We just do our own thing. We're not part of any trends or waves or fads. We can just do our own thing, all the time. It's a great luxury. I don't think we were really appreciative of it until recently, and really understood that it is what keeps us alive. It's great to be able to have the freedom to run around and do all this crazy stuff, and at all cost, avoid making another record, just to piss our managers off.” ThinkingLittlesRunningAbleStuffRecordsAliveCrazyCostUnderstoodWaveLuxuryManagersTrendsBubblesFadsAppreciativeMetallica Author:Lars Ulrich
“One time I picked it up and a voice goes, 'Hi, it's Sinatra. Can you play me a record?' I was like, 'Oh yeah, very funny,' and hung up. I thought someone was having a joke, but it was actually Frank. My manager told me there aren't many people who put the phone down on Sinatra.” PeoplePlayVoiceRecordsJokesYeahPhonesManagersOne TimeFrankHung Author:Tony Blackburn
“I think 'Elbow' were considered successful even before [2008's] Seldom Seen Kid because we were living off the band. We have a great manager who keeps our coffers topped off, and we give ourselves a sensible wage with a view to having three fallow years between records. We always make sure we have enough money to make a record and not be pressured time-wise.” ThinkingGivingYearsEnoughKidsThreeViewsSuccessfulRecordsWiseBandManagersGreat MenSensibleElbowsPressuredGreat Managers Author:Guy Garvey
“So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me.” WellsRecordsAlbumsManagersContracts Author:Jon Secada
“When a record company makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When a manager makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When the artist makes a mistake, the artist pays for it.” ArtistPayMistakeCompanyRecordsManagersRecord Companies Author:Robert Fripp
“I gave up music criticism because of the increasingly obvious conflict of interest. I couldn't say anything bad about the records when I might be meeting that person's manager backstage an hour later.” PersonsMightInterestHoursRecordsConflictCriticismMeetingsObviousManagersSay AnythingGave UpConflict Of Interest Author:Stephin Merritt
“I wouldn't say that we're proactively out there hunting down brands to try to fulfill some piece of a larger battle plan or something. If they have things they want to get to us, we're somewhat easily accessible through our managers and record companies.” IfsWantTryingCompanyRecordsPiecesPlansBattleBrandsManagersHuntingRecord Companies Author:Lars Ulrich
“It's easy to identify many investment managers with great recent records. But past results, though important, do not suffice when prospective performance is being judged. How the record has been achieved is crucial.” Has BeensImportantPastEasyResultsRecordsPerformancesInvestmentManagersCrucialJudgedBeing Judged Author:Warren Buffett
“An irresistable footnote: in 1971, pension fund managers invested a record 122% of net funds available in equities - at full prices they couldn't buy enough of them. In 1974, after the bottom had fallen out, they committed a then record low of 21% to stocks.” EnoughRecordsLowsBottomCommittedAvailableManagersFallenFundEquityPensionFootnotes Author:Warren Buffett