t he had. I got to witness it myself. I go play him a song, and just seeing him be so moved by hearing a song and having tears in his eyes, there's nobody like that anymore,  she said.  A lot of today's executives, they don't listen, they look. They look at numbers. They look at Spotify streams, TikTok numbers, they look at all the shit that really doesn't matter. All that matters is what makes you feel, what hits you in the heart. 

Davis, who served in the top spots of institutional record labels like Sony, Columbia, and Arista, guided artists to massive success throughout his extraordinary decades-long career. He played a pivotal role in the careers of a diverse group of now-iconic artists including Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Barry Manilow, the Grateful Dead, The Notorious B.I.G., Alicia Keys, and Kelly Clarkson.