The hardest part about this business is accepting the back end with the same love that you accepted the front end.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.
You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it.
It's tough to break into this business - now more so than ever.
You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.
Business is tough; you need tough guys.
Time is the ultimate long tail. Even with a big wad of money up front, if something sells forever, the back end is what ultimately counts.
Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there's going to be a flip side to it.
I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business.
I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.
I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one.