Damon Dash

In urban culture, Larry Davis is something of a legend. ”

The reason why Roc-A-Fella crossed and became so essential to pop culture is that we were probably the most authentic people that were also so sophisticated. ”

When you're a business man, you have a lot of businesses, a lot of times they think you're laundering money or you're pretending you're writing things off that you don't. ”

I enjoy business, being an entrepreneur on every level. I really enjoy it. ”

It's very rare that a person, especially in his twenties and thirties, can do more than one business and do it well. ”

First of all, how could I be broke, and I got all these companies? ”

If I have an accountant that just reports I just invested $10 million in my business, and he doesn't exactly itemize where every cost goes, it gives a flag to the government. They want to make sure that the reason I'm not paying taxes is because I'm reinvesting in these businesses and not trying to hide stuff. ”

I enjoy doing businesses without anyone's help. ”

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

Everyone I put in business, I must've taught them something. They all have reaped the benefits of it. A lot of them haven't done right by me, but it's all gravy. ”