#promoter

I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#basic #basic principle #being #dole #generate

Anyone who likes or hates Dana White should take a look at this. ↗

— June White

#business #fighting #international-business #mma #president-of-mma-company

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#pimps #promoters

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position. ↗

— Bill Gates

#dad #estate #estate tax #me #popular

One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be in a coliseum, and the next minute we can be in a small auditorium. It varies, depending on the promoter, the budget, and the travelling distance. ↗

— Ben E. King

#budget #club #depending #distance #minute

A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere. ↗

— Allan Carr

#bad #blame #comedians #crowd #everything

My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer. We tried it out the first time in Atlanta and the crowd went crazy. I was the opening clown. ↗

— Jermaine Dupri

#atlanta #clown #crazy #crowd #dancer