El-P Quotes

It's suggested I am big pals with Willie McKay. Am I? I don't think I am. He is an agent. You need these agents if you want to do a deal.

I knew I needed a partner. I needed someone who could focus on and spearhead the business side of things, and [Neal Dodson] was great at that. That's how it started.

Only one thing counts in this life - get them to sign on the line that is dotted.

So I decided to form a production company with my wife and our partner Diane.

It’s hard to cut a deal if you don’t know who to make a deal with.

My best friend - who I've known since I was 12 - and I started the DIEMON company together.

You have to find a partner when you're making a deal. You cant just say 'I need to make this deal and do whatever it possibly takes to make it.' That's not how it works.

Leesa has been a partner of mine since I left the NFL and started doing this Internet business. They've been a company that has supported everything that I have going on.

The biggest mistake entrepreneurs can make is trying to do everything themselves. They usually blow up when they try. I did an inventory of every deal I've ever done and it turned out that every single deal I made money on was a partnership, and every colossal failure, where I lost millions, was something I tried to do by myself.

Lee Daniels, even though he owes me $2 million, I picked that. I put him in business.

I have been in business a long time. I never had a successful relationship or partnership with any entity by issuing an ultimatum.

Franchising implies a financial arrangement, and I am always pleased to consider those.

I been seeing other people work with Belaire like DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, and stuff like that. But other than that, I just wanted to work with them because they showed me mad love and were genuine when we were locking in the deal. For me, it had to make sense and be genuine, and this partnership definitely felt that way.

The beauty of being co-founders with your spouse is that we run our business and family together.

When I signed my first record deal, I brought it over to my lawyer to look over.

There are a lot of similarities, even though we're in two different businesses: There's the Taylor Swift business and the Big Machine Label Group business, but there's a huge intersection there. When we're together, it's limitless.

I owned a few ladies' apparel brands, and one of my business partners is a very popular blogger in the U.S.

Since I first signed with AMI's Weider Publications in 2005, everything has turned to gold.

I'm a rapper but I'm more of a hustler.

I'm not referring to an up-and-coming comedian. I am referring to the host of The Profit. He invests his own money into small businesses that need to be turned around. He becomes partners in them. And I love the way he does business, and I love his integrity, and I love where his head's at, and I love what he has to say, and I learn from him.

Through crowdfunding anyone can find companies and products.Forming a partnership with innovative British businesses was appealing and the opportunity to go on a journey with these companies as they grow, and hopefully share in their future success, is exciting.

It don't mean nothing til you sign it on the dotted line.

I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And when a good business partner supports them from the side, it creates great synergy. When someone's trying to do both, I think the music gets bad and the business gets bad, too.

If it's not a contract I want then I won't sign it. That's not a threat.

Always interline a contract before signing it, merely to impress the Party of the First Part. The one who puts his signature to Articles of Agreement drawn up by the other fellow is establishing a dangerous precedent.