The reason I started with prostitutes was solely to work on my negotiating skills. Once I mastered negotiating with naked women, dealing with Interscope was a piece of cake.
Rivers CuomoIt could appear that I'm some kind of natural genius, but it's just a million small lessons I've picked up over the years.
Rivers CuomoI can't say I was consciously thinking of the big changes in the music business when I was writing the lyrics, but change, uncertainty, flux, impermanence - these are things I'm acutely aware of. And I enjoy facing it all.
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