Empire (TV Series)

Our Dancing Days (2015)

Taraji P. Henson: Cookie Lyon

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• Cookie Lyon : My name is Cookie Lyon. My ex-husband, Lucious, and I started this company in a little garage in one of the worst ghettos in West Philadelphia. Yeah. Some of y'all probably have a few ex-wives, so you know I'm not gonna be standing up here telling you all this mushy stuff about what a fine man my ex is. Lucious Lyon is a musical god, and he's also a crazy son of a bitch that had a dream - still has a dream - and nobody better ever try to get in between Lucious and his dreams. We were hustlers, only choice we had, but do you know what the first rule of hustling is?

  [Supply and demand] 

  Cookie Lyon : You create your own customer base. Give them some of that good stuff. Make 'em want more. You see, Lucious did that with music. He created a sound. They call it the 'Lucious Lyon sound.' You all know it, or else you wouldn't be here. Lucious' music took the street mainstream, and made the mainstream feel street. Everything Lucious touches turns to platinum, and that's a fact. He started out doing it with the music. Next he did it with over a dozen profitable entertainment and merchandise divisions. And now he's gonna do it with your money, if you're lucky enough and smart enough to put it in his hands. Lucious and I had three sons before he dumped me. Our oldest son, Andre, is the CFO of this company. He's brilliant, and he's gonna make every last one of you filthy rich. Our other two sons, Jamal and Hakeem Lyon, they are living proof that Empire is more than just one man's dream. It's a dream come true that's ready to be passed down to the next generation, and the next and the next, and you all can be a part of it.