Cathy Hughes Quotes
15 quotes from Cathy Hughes — Founder of Radio One (now Urban One), the largest African-American-owned radio broadcasting company in the US..
“Create your own space. For too long, we have educated young Black kids to get a good job. On their own, they have decided they want to have a nice business. They want to be entrepreneurs. It's the same thing with media.”
“It's critical for us to tell our story from our perspective. When the company is Black-owned, you have Black decision makers, a Black perspective and Black employees.”
“Not to let anyone convince you that your dream, your vision to be an entrepreneur is something that you shouldn't do. What often happens is that people who are well meaning, who really care for us are afraid for us and talk us out of it.”
“It's interesting how God arranges your schedule. When you're helping someone else, you never run out of time, when you're just interested in helping yourself, time is real short.”
“I wish that every African American could come here and spend a week and merge in the essence of quality that the city offers, and in my opinion, it offers that because we have a majority of African Americans in this city. The essence of excellence exists in a lot of places, but in DC it's the whole city.”
“You should be learning everything you can about your craft. And read everything you can get your hands on about individuals who are accomplished. I probably know as much about Oprah as her staff because I read every single solitary thing.”
“I am so tired of Black women being misrepresented and us allowing it and participating in the misrepresentation of who we are in the media.”
“It was the beginning. The birth of my son was an impetus to achieve. It was the reason I took my life seriously for the first time as a teenager and made a promise to myself, my son and God that he would not become a black statistic.”
“For every 99 people who tell you "no," the chances are that the 100th will say "yes.”
“My whole goal in life has been to get pertinent information to my community that they can use to uplift and improve the quality of their lives and their lifestyle.”
“Information is power. When an African American community receives the information that they need and want, they'll come to the right conclusion. They will in fact be able to elevate the lifestyle and living standards of the entire community.”
“The city had a sizable population of single, unattached young people who still wanted to feel good.”
“Parents wait too long to let go. It's so hard to give the combination to the vault to the same child who would lose the keys to the front door.”
“There's an African proverb that I love to quote: until the lion learns to read and write, the story of the hunt will always be from the hunter's perspective, and the lion will always lose. Well, I like to consider my company the lion who learned how to read and write.”
“Never once did I feel put out or put upon because I was in a sleeping bag on the floor of the conference room. I thought I was camping out. I thought I was protecting my company.”
