Steve Stoute

Music has always been and will always be a strong gateway to connect with consumers in an emotional hot state.

— Steve Stoute

The ad business has some of the great artists, but because there are so many, its hard to determine the true gems.

— Steve Stoute

What's successful is when you are good at what you aim to do. And I don't think that Nas has aimed to…

— Steve Stoute

'Rapper's Delight' came from the TV entertainment show 'Good Times,' but when the times called for a shift in the narrative, artists…

— Steve Stoute

Without curiosity, there will never be any innovation.

— Steve Stoute

You don't want to have any disagreements with a friend, you know? Not disagreements that become public record and that you still…

— Steve Stoute

Nas is an artist who writes from his heart.

— Steve Stoute

What I want to do is basically tell my generation's story about how music and culture helped affect a generation, and a…

— Steve Stoute

I've heard it said that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. To that end, I think it's worth…

— Steve Stoute

I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small,…

— Steve Stoute

I've started to believe that the agency business is a great ingredient of a much bigger business - more than just what…

— Steve Stoute

Brands are spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to get to young people by using music as the vehicle. Being able…

— Steve Stoute

Nas has always been uncomfortable with being famous and accessible. Nas makes music because he loves music, not because he wants the…

— Steve Stoute

To all of the artists that attend the Grammys: Stop accepting the invitation to be the upset of the year and demand…

— Steve Stoute

I look at the artists as mini media companies, like if Beyonce is ESPN and Lady Gaga is Discovery.

— Steve Stoute

Over the course of my 20-year history as an executive in the music business and as the owner of a firm that…

— Steve Stoute

The American dream is Chance the Rapper, or 'little Chano from 79th' who hails from Chicago's Southside and became the first artist…

— Steve Stoute

Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn't be…

— Steve Stoute

If only love can drive out hate, we have to remember that love is a verb. It requires action.

— Steve Stoute

Translation and UnitedMasters, which is all one company, is my vision and my dream, and I think it's today's reality of the…

— Steve Stoute

It's very important that an artist's job is to be a great artist.

— 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…

— Steve Stoute

I felt like I could take the responsibility and make the Nas movement bigger and not keep it confined to the Tri-State…

— Steve Stoute

Does the Grammys intentionally use artists for their celebrity, popularity, and cultural appeal when they already know the winners and then program…

— Steve Stoute

I tell young entrepreneurs to use the leader in their industry as a benchmark as they work to create their own brand.…

— Steve Stoute