Pharrell Williams Says 'Great Ideas Come From Human Beings'

An interview from Cannes Lions

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In an interview at Cannes Lions that may have outraged the animal kingdom, rapper and producer Pharrell Williams said that "great ideas come from human beings, not archetypes," and that "humans, ultimately, at the end of the day, are the purchasers, and the customers, and the audience." 

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