it could take years sometimes. >> bill: years? >> it's like any artist. you can paint many canvass but then you may labor over one canvas that could take forever. >> bill: i'm an artist and i do this every day and guy home. [ laughter ] because if i'm laboring over the canvas, the show doesn't get on the air. >> i should be managing you. >> bill: you discovered mariah carey and actually married her. >> we signed her when she was 19 years old. she catapulted to super stardom very quickly. by the time she was 21 she won two grammys, and then continued a path of having number one records, 17 number one records in a row. >> bill: then it all blows up. she has to reinvent herself ♪ ♪ >> bill: beyonce lip sinks -- synchs the national anthem. >> no big deal. the technical aspects of