Quotes from Scott Storch

As a kid, I used to sit there and figure out how to play everybody's song, and through learning all those songs I learned how to put chords together, and it evolved till I could say, 'Hey, I just wrote that.'

Things that are truly great will be timeless.

I drive something different every day. It's just my hobby.

Every time I hit it with Big Boi, we always have good love. I was a huge fan of the 'Shutterbugg' record he did.

Shyne's my man. I've been talking to him and I was talking to him all through his prison sentence. He's always remained a loyal person to me.

The touring life wasn't for me. I like to wake up in the same place most days. And I'm really into sitting behind a mixing console and listening to music all night and making music all night. I'm a studio rat.

I'm always making tracks. I find that when you make tons of tracks, you stumble upon genius. You can't always turn the drum machine on and right away there's a hot track. Sometimes you luck out. But it can take a lot of time between thinking about the artist, listening to music for inspiration or going to clubs.

There's certain artists who are loyal and certain ones don't really care and don't give you the opportunity to follow through with them again. I'm insulted by a lot of the artists I delivered hits to.

You've got to continue to be patient and get all your ducks in a row in order to make a success within this business. It's not an easy thing to get into. It takes years and years and years.

I would always be going from L.A. to Miami to New York, to Russia, St-Tropez. Costs about $50,000 for a domestic flight, $250,000 for overseas. Yeah, that's an expensive habit.

You can't be 'on' everyday, no one is a hit machine all the time. But if you're loving the music it will happen. It shouldn't be laborious.

I always said that someday I'm going to sing on a record.

I wanted to be the man, the King of Miami.

It's great to work with a group from Miami.

My goal is get those chart positions, doing something good in music, and seeing that money in the bank.

Let Me Love You' is one of my favorite records from my catalogue. It's one of those songs that just happened magically.

People just want the hottest records. It's not really about all the names attached to the project. It's about the work.

Hip-hop is always what's the coolest, and people want to touch that. A lot of the Pop artists always want to get that stamp of approval and be down.

I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue.

It's not always about working with the hottest artist. I sometimes go for challenges although people look at me strangely like, 'Why are you doing that?!' However, with a risk sometimes comes a huge reward. It's about having the vision to be able to turn a challenge into something, and then you win the Heisman.

I had a long run for, like, probably 10 years with no vacation.

I don't ever want to be considered some vanilla sherbet kinda guy.

You always want to be innovating and creating what's next. Versatility is also really important for a producer.

I live in the studio and I'm inspired.