Producer Quotes
I tend to start with a full set of lyrics, and then my producer, Joel Little, and I work on the music collaboratively.
Lorde
My producer, Michael Knox, he's kind of my eyes and ears on Music Row. While I'm out on the road, he's looking for songs, and then he and I will get together and go over songs.
Jason Aldean
Rarely a producer gives me music and I write to it. I think that's too easy. Most of the time for me, it's on an elevator or in my car listening to absolutely nothing. I'll just be driving and then the lyrics birth.
Brooke Valentine
On working with her producer boyfriend: Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine.
Daisy Donovan
We can be in the studio with the hottest producer, but we might not be able to create any magic! It's not about the hottest. It's about who we feel we have that connection with, and that's who we're going to be working with.
Rozonda Thomas
TLC
There is a difference between a great producer and somebody who is a big advocate of your music. Just because you're a big advocate for a band doesn't mean you need to be in the studio with them, and at the same time - we don't need to get into this conversation - you can write a hit, but it might not hit.
Ben Harper
There's no great technical expertise in being a movie producer.
Mick Jagger
The Rolling Stones
I mean, just like every other prominent songwriter or producer, you have the shot. You send in records and if they make it, they make it. If they get heard, they get heard. I'm not sure if you know how that circle of songwriting and producing works, but every time a big artist is working, everybody and their mother is in the studio writing records to try to get on it.
Bryce Wilson
I have to admit that I am not great at selecting music for CDs! I have a few personal favorites, and then I let my producer take it from there!
Karen Mason
I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer.
Leon Uris
Jimmy Page is an excellent producer. Led Zeppelin I and II are classics. As a player he's very good in the studio, but I've never seen him play well live. He's sloppy. He plays like he's got a broken hand and he's two years old. If you put out a good album and play like a two year old, what's the purpose?
Eddie Van Halen
Van Halen
As a producer you can be more objective about the songs because you didn't write them.
Eric Bachmann
I think from the age of thirteen, I really wanted to be a producer and I've always thought that the producer was the top of the tree.
Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra
Ted Templeman, the producer, and Donn Landee, the engineer, are the same team that signed Van Halen, when they were called Mammoth. Donn convinced them to change it to the last name of the guitar player and drummer.
Sammy Hagar
Van Halen
I live a normal life. But I'm always thinking about what I'm going to do next, musically. 'Do I need a fresh producer? What was Peter Gabriel doing when he was 32?'
Brandon Flowers
The Killers
My part as an actor ends on the last working day. I think the success or failure only really matters to the producer or whoever it matters to. For me, when I finish the film, I'm done, and if I'm happy, that's that.
Nithya Menen
When I started 'Hudson Hawk,' I realized I was dealing with a strong-willed producer, a strong-willed actor, and, at times, a strong-willed studio, and I was the junior partner in all of this - the guy who hadn't proven anything in terms of box-office success.
Michael Lehmann
Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright?
Morgan Freeman
There was a producer from the Aspen Comedy Festival who happened to be there, as a friend of a friend, and she said, "I'd like to book you into the Aspen Comedy Festival," and we said, "Well, there isn't really a show to book in, this is just a little showcase and it's really our workshop." And she said, "No, it's great, I love it, just do exactly what you did."
Brian Henson
Isn't Timbaland a make of shoe? It's a producer? I don't know who that is. Oh well.
Eddie Vedder
Pearl Jam
It’s no secret that I’m one of the few techno producers that does not shy away from using melodies in my productions. This track features a nice Arpeggio, and several analog synth strings while still maintaining a good amount of energy.
Christian Smith
When I was a young actress, I was called in just to do my part, and I didn't have any say or weight as far as any decisions go. But today, having worked as a producer and also having lived a little, I feel like I've found my voice more. I'm sure that it has influenced me as an actor and it will continue to do so.
Barbara Crampton
