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I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you…

— Steven Soderbergh

As a producer, youre pretty much creating a body of work that an artist has to stand behind.

— DJ Jazzy Jeff

As a producer, you're pretty much creating a body of work that an artist has to stand behind.

— DJ Jazzy Jeff

When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at…

— Valerie Simpson

You can't be an artist while you're producing, because you'll be over-critiquing the producer part.

— Valee

A producer should only be there to enable an artist to be himself.

— Kip Winger

I get hired as a writer or producer and I do the best I can to bring out that artist. If somebody calls you…

— Lenny Kravitz

I don't think there's any problem with working with a songwriter or a producer, but I just don't think you should completely hand it…

— Howard Lawrence

Producers don't really have any authority because you are paid by the artist, and if they choose to ignore you, they can. Your power…

— Trevor Horn

In general, I don't feel artists should need producers.

— Kip Winger

I used to have sort of mixed feelings about a producer whose only skills seemed to be going into the studio, schmoozing the artists…

— Todd Rundgren

As a producer, you really have - you're able to hand-pick all the talent that you want to be surrounded with.

— Hilary Swank