Quotes About Creativity

When I was young, people didn't even really know what a producer was.

Everyone wants to be a writer, director, producer. I don't have the imagination for that, but, hopefully, I can continue to act.

I'm a horrible producer when it comes to me, but for other artists, I don't know what it is, but something happens, and I'm just really good at it.

As a producer, when you get to work with a filmmaker who is joyful about making films, you want to do it again and again.

I see myself maybe being, like, a movie producer or screenwriter or a novelist or a scientist or mathematician.

It doesn't matter how many records you've made; there's always a new experience you can get with a new producer.

As an artist, you can't expect a producer to just bring you a record. If you walk in and say, 'I want Kanye West's 'Power,' it just doesn't work that way.

I feel that when I listen to music - not that it's bad - it's not emotional. It has a gimmick to it. It's selling something: the artist, the producer, something. The emotional capacity is very small, for the listener as well.

Now that I have better producer chops, a country album is something I want to do one day. I don't know who's going to put it out. But when I do, I don't think people will call it 'country music.' They'll probably call it 'neo-soul.'

Musically, I'm always gonna take it a little farther, and Lord willing, people are gonna get that and understand that: that there's not really one genre I'm trying to be in, but just as a producer, as a writer, as an artist, that I'm planning on going farther.

Making a record is an intimate experience. A good producer can get things out of you that you can't get out of yourself.

A lot of people want to blow up as a producer, but what helps you blow up as a producer is an artist that matches well with your music. When that artist gets popular and blowing up, and people start knowing them, that's when they start knowing you.

Part of my growth as a producer was not just about making beats but also helping in the process of inspiring the song and making the song the center.

That's really important in a producer - a producer that can step up and play a keyboard, play a bass, play a guitar, and help you with things instead of just saying, 'I think this could be better.'

Madlib isn't a beatmaker, he's a producer.

Working as a producer, an arranger, and, in some cases, as a writer for some other people gave me a super different perspective.

In 'Stree', I had a great time working with the whole team and Dinu, being the producer and one of the most important people. And now we are doing another film together, and I'm sure there will be a couple of more films in the future.

When it comes to song creation, I throw in my ideas and have it discussed with the producer. The song gets its own characteristic as new ideas are incorporated.

I want to be a director, producer, and a writer. And an actor. So, like, all the things in acting, basically.

With our producer, Greg Fidelman, it was really a joy to work with him and to try different things and experiment.

'Bahubali' did not happen overnight. The producer Shobhu Yarlagadda, Prabhas, and I kept talking and discussing and imagining.

The best paycheck you can get as a producer and creator is when people are happy to be on the show.

No one ever said that I couldn't create my own projects, but no one actually told me that I could be an executive producer, either.

Every now and then, as a composer and producer, it's important to write music for yourself.