“Every musician knows your studio is like - it's a bubble for you. It's...” — Ahmad Balshe Quote

“Every musician knows your studio is like - it's a bubble for you. It's a personal space. This is where I work, where I create.”

“I have a good life... I wouldn't jeopardize the good life that we worked so hard to get.”

“I think taking back the term 'mumble rap' was important to me because I appreciate and love every facet of hip-hop and everything that's going on right now in the game, so I felt it kind of disrespectful that people kept referring to that whole genre as 'mumble rap.'”

“Being a person that plays all three formats, I've probably done the most bubble days out of anyone.”

“When you become an athlete, you live in this bubble. You're in the world, but you're not in the world.”

“My venture investing career has three phases, all roughly 6-8 years long. The first, at Euclid, was software to Internet. The second, at Flatiron, was Internet to bubble. And the third, at USV, has been web 2 to mobile. I have always used a new firm to denote a new investment phase for me. Throw away the old. Start with the new.”