47 Quotes by Steve Stoute

Hip-hop started as this niche moment, and the values of it, the cultures that it carried on its back; language, clothes, the way you wear your clothes, the items that you consume, all came with the music as an art form. And those things helped transform how people buy, shop, speak, engage.

The diversity of America is a strength of the country, and I don't think that we use that. We don't talk about our strengths. I mean, having so many diverse people in this country from all aspects of all over the world, and we don't use that. I think we should talk about who we are - that melting pot that we've become.

What I want to do is basically tell my generation's story about how music and culture helped affect a generation, and a generation that's so profound, that it went on to elect the first African-American president.

Unlike the book, with a documentary, you get a chance to show much more texture and color. Film gives you get a chance to focus on much more individuals who are pivotal in changing the landscape of American culture.

Great ideas can come from anywhere. There are no titles around an idea.

Hip hop culture has done more for race relations in American than anything since Martin Luther King. And I really believe that.

I think kids today are going to look at their Facebook postings like bad tattoos one day.

Without curiosity, there will never be any innovation.

Trends come and go, but cool is forever.