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Clive Davis

You've got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you.

— Clive Davis opportunity

The adage that you're either gay or straight or you're lying, well, that's not true. Bisexuality does exist.

— Clive Davis sex

The subject of bisexuality really needs much more discussion. It's a status that does exist.

— Clive Davis sex

Having lost both my parents as a teenager, family is so important to me, and I cherish my time with my children and grandchildren. I have four children, and they all became lawyers - as I was myself before I got into music.

— Clive Davis time

I feel that contemporary music, with very few exceptions, is missing the voice. You see an award show, you see a hundred extras on set dancing and special effects, and you don't see that solo voice that was the trademark of Adele. It's no accident that it was her album that ended up selling 27 million copies worldwide.

— Clive Davis war

I have total respect for the self-contained rock artist. Whether you're dealing with Jerry Garcia or Lou Reed or Patti Smith or a Whitney or an Aretha, they know what they want with their career.

— Clive Davis art

I would say, from an all-around point of view, Bruce Springsteen is one of the two great poet lords of America, Bob Dylan, coming out of the music world, the two of them.

— Clive Davis music

My 'act' was schoolwork. I was your basic, garden-variety, ambitious, upwardly mobile, hard-working Jewish boy from Brooklyn. I was bound to go beyond my parents. It was simply the way things were.

— Clive Davis war

The music began, and it was one of those life-changing moments. I saw an artist, Janis Joplin. She was exhilarating. She was vibrating. And she was like no other artist that I had ever seen before... It struck me that hard. Maybe the word is epiphany, when you get that special sensation.

— Clive Davis life

The story of Rod Stewart, the story of Carlos Santana is so inspiring to young musicians because it shows in this trendy business how long a career can last. It shows how you can soar back, regardless of age.

— Clive Davis war

You don't have favorites among your offspring, and you don't among the artists you're involved with, but clearly among my most favorite was Patti Smith.

— Clive Davis art

I did not develop my ear. I discovered I had an ear, and it was an accident.

— Clive Davis

I encourage the study of music. And the immersion. 'Cause my life has been so enriched by being involved in music as I have.

— Clive Davis life

I had no idea what awaited me when I took a job with CBS Records, and it was a total surprise to find I had a gift and an ear for music.

— Clive Davis music

I know that Kelly Clarkson is going to continue to have an important career. And I believe it will be a lasting one.

— Clive Davis believe

I never paid attention when the LP became the cassette and the cassette became the CD and now we're dealing, you know, with MP3s. It's okay.

— Clive Davis you

I play no instruments.

— Clive Davis men

I'm not into one-hit wonders.

— Clive Davis wonder

I'm the keeper of the flame for Whitney Houston. She was the greatest... and I don't want the world to forget that.

— Clive Davis world

There will come a time when very few will care about other people's sexual preference - or preferences.

— Clive Davis time

To this day, there's nobody, nobody that sounds like Janice Joplin.

— Clive Davis body

Watching artists like Joplin perform, I felt that tingle down my spine; I experienced the wonders of a cultural and musical revolution.

— Clive Davis art

After my second marriage failed... I said, 'You know, could I have a relationship with a man? A loving relationship with a man that would involve intimacy?' For a while, before I did get into a relationship, I saw, for a few years, either women or men. And I found that I could be attracted to both.

— Clive Davis women

I am passionate about music and my work to the bottom of my very soul, but I also very much enjoy good clothes and some of the finer things in life. Rappers do, too, and perhaps it's one of the reasons I've been welcomed so warmly into their world.

— Clive Davis life

I feel blessed that I found not just a profession, but a 24/7 way of life that I purely love. That curiosity to be current, to listen to the Hozier album, to be early in recognition of a Lorde and spending time with her and Miguel, the pleasure of seeing new talent erupt... I love it.

— Clive Davis love

Youve got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you.

— Clive Davis opportunity

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