I always felt like the Academy was very late in acknowledging things. I’ve seen them do it with hip hop when it should have been acknowledged. It was already penetrating mass levels of culture and radio, and yet they wouldn’t give it a proper category. Steve Stoute Read Quote
You think Jay-Z is going broke? LeBron is going broke? These guys have figured it out. They came from poor backgrounds, broken homes, and they figured out how to be businessmen. They become new aspirations. Steve Stoute Read Quote
If only love can drive out hate, we have to remember that love is a verb. It requires action. Steve Stoute Read Quote
Over the course of my 20-year history as an executive in the music business and as the owner of a firm that specializes in in-culture advertising, I have come to the conclusion that the Grammy Awards have clearly lost touch with contemporary popular culture. Steve Stoute Read Quote
Translation and UnitedMasters, which is all one company, is my vision and my dream, and I think it’s today’s reality of the convergence between storytelling, technology, and culture. Steve Stoute Read Quote
I look at the artists as mini media companies, like if Beyonce is ESPN and Lady Gaga is Discovery. Steve Stoute Read Quote
Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn’t be the narrative. Steve Stoute Read Quote
To all of the artists that attend the Grammys: Stop accepting the invitation to be the upset of the year and demand that this body upholds its mission for advocacy and support of artistry as culture evolves. Demand that they change this system and truly reflect and truly acknowledge your art. Steve Stoute Read Quote
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. Steve Stoute Read Quote
The ad business has some of the great artists, but because there are so many, its hard to determine the true gems. Steve Stoute Read Quote
