Quotes About Music

I love music with my soul, but I'm also a student of it, so it's very important to me to earn the respect of my peers, my fellow musicians and producers.

A lot of dance producers aren't really musical, they don't care much about detail.

I just felt drawn towards the kind of music that really needed a strong female presence female writers, female producers, female figures and that just kind of unfolded on its own.

A composer like me finds it impossible to work with today's producers. They want to tell you exactly how to compose, which notes to play, which rhythms to put in which part of the song.

When I work with Lil Jon, as soon as I come in the studio, he already knows what we're gonna do. He's one of those producers where when you know you've got a session booked with them, you're job is easier because they're probably already going to have an idea or a hook.

For 'Kabir Singh,' an entirely original album had to be done and that's how music should be made, but unfortunately that does not happen as the labels and the producers are more interested in fast food music.

The law is against us music composers. We have no legal control over our compositions. Music companies are selling our songs to producers at throwaway prices. We are helpless.

Nobody really produces my albums.

My day job these days is I am writing, producing and developing young artists here in the States, in between working on my own stuff.

I love 'The Gospel Truth,' the song that opened up 'Hercules.' I thought that song was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed producing that and writing that.

What I decided was I'd be happier not being in the confines of a corporate infrastructure producing music. That's when I was free, and it opened up the door to have a different personality and incarnations. That's really when I had success in my music life. I was able to license my music.

I'm actually pretty good with computers. I use computers when I'm working on making and producing music, so I do know a thing or two!

With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.

I don't like to produce albums. I hate producing albums, as a matter of fact, because I'm an obsessed mixer and I can't leave it alone.

The actual producing, mixing, and mastering is hard work, harder than what I do.

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.

Music is just a really fun hobby that I do, because I'm actually really good about writing songs and producing. People don't realize this, but I am an excellent writer for artists.

My first love is producing.

I think I prefer producing a little more than DJing because you have more freedom, you can make anything you want; it doesn't necessarily have to be four to the floor. You can go more with your mood, or the atmosphere that you're in.

I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasn't really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.

The producing side is always a hard thing for me. I look at Flying Lotus and see producers dropping instrumentals, and I think I should do it myself. I just try to be an artist for myself. That way, it's a lot easier.

Producing albums is 100 per cent where I would love to be, later in my career.

First, I try to take everything away that doesn't matter to singing. It sounds simplistic, but it works. There is absolute focus on singing: producing sounds and emotions that I have always enjoyed. This is key.

I think producing a record for other artists is almost like giving them advice, and I would say that it is easier to produce another artist than it is to produce yourself.