I'm no producer's kid.

I never had any plans to become a producer when I was a kid. I wanted to be a DJ, like most other kids…

— Timbaland

I'm not a filmmaker. I'm not a music producer by choice.

— Afeni Shakur

I'm a studio rat. I like going in there as producer.

— Al Jourgensen

I always think that you should never, ever force a producer to do something with a song that they don't think they can do…

— Beth Hart

I know how irritating it is when a producer puts his hand in everything.

— Gautham Menon

My dad always, he helped me by not helping me. He always said, being a producer, it was all about conviction.

— Thomas Langmann

I consider myself more of a producer and a musician than a DJ.

— Kygo

My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the record company…

— Nile Rodgers

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

— No I.D

It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia was concerned…

— Randal Kleiser

I'm not interested in being the producer of somebody else's song.

— Alan Menken

Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.

— Andrew Stanton

I had this one producer who sent me tracks because he saw my YouTube videos that were popular and got a couple million views.

— Kim Petras

I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer.

— Matisyahu

I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?

— Branford Marsalis