Producer Quotes

• 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
  • Music
  • Together
  • Eyes

• 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
  • Tree
  • I Think
  • Producer

• I'm proud of Big K.R.I.T., I'm proud that the person that came after me shares so many similar views as mine. From him being a producer, to him being a God-fearing man - being political in a sense that he wants to see the poverty-stricken do better. He wants to be the spokesperson for them.

  

  David Banner
  • Political
  • Proud
  • Poverty

• 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
  • Music
  • Elevator
  • Lyrics birth

• 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
  • Music
  • Personal
  • Selecting

• I tend to start with a full set of lyrics, and then my producer, Joel Little, and I work on the music collaboratively.

  

  Lorde
  • Work
  • Music
  • Start

• 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
  • Engineer
  • Ted Templeman
  • Donn Landee

• I'm a producer first, and I know music, so I can jump on any song, whether it's pop or urban, without changing me. Whatever I do, I'm gonna make it classic.

  

  Jordan Michael Houston
  • Song
  • Changing
  • Producer

• 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
  • Life
  • Live
  • Peter Gabriel

• Isn't Timbaland a make of shoe? It's a producer? I don't know who that is. Oh well.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Producer
  • Don't Know
  • Timbaland

• 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
  • Working
  • Boyfriend
  • Producer

• 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
  • Partner
  • Anything
  • Proven

• Steve produced Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys and one more. Then he and I wrote a few songs together and became good friends. He was a talented producer.

  

  Jimmy Griffin Black Tie
  • Friends
  • Songs
  • Producer

• 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
  • Energy
  • Track
  • Melodies

• And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.

  

  Steven Spielberg
  • Question
  • Choices
  • Producer

• I grew up during apartheid; there was never a day in South Africa that was just great. I love that I've had success as an actor and producer, but I know the thing my children will know most about is the work I've done with HIV. Success in life is all about humanity.

  

  Charlize Theron
  • Children
  • Humanity
  • Producer

• I also began hearing the lyrics. A friend suggested I talk to a producer.

  

  Ben Savage
  • Friend
  • Lyrics
  • Producer

• 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
  • Producer
  • Shot
  • Songwriter

• 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
  • Job
  • Producer
  • Title

• 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
  • Magic
  • Studio
  • Producer

• The main producer of CSI: Miami Ann Donahue - I believe that is how she started - and then we have one other man on set but that's just his job although I haven't seen him this year. So maybe they figure we have it down somehow.

  

  Boti Bliss
  • Job
  • I Believe
  • CSI: Miami

• I had 25 or 30 songs. Sequencing the record, I left that to the producer. I'm not into doing that stuff.

  

  Jules Shear
  • Doing
  • Record
  • Producer

• A good producer. His job is not only to help a band make a great record, but also to bring out the best in his musicians by creating an encouraging, comfortable atmosphere in the studio, so that everyone feels good about themselves.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Band
  • Musicians
  • Great Record

• I'd like to make movies as a producer and a director.

  

  Steven Bauer
  • Movie
  • Director
  • Producer

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