Know Quote by DJ Premier

You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.

— Wale

I go out partying to figure out exactly who I'm making music for. You can't just guess.

— will.i.am

I want to be known simply as a producer who makes music.

— Kygo

You have to be who you are when you do music.

— Anthony Hamilton

You have to create music that people will buy into and show who you are as an artist.

— Leigh-Anne Pinnock

You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, 'This is someone who I want to work with.'

— Jack Antonoff

I'm an artist. I produce, I direct, and all of that goes into the music.

— Travis Scott

There are some people who are just plain great at making music. That's not who I am.

— James Murphy

My musicians know all of my music, and so that makes for something different.

— Dianne Reeves

I think, you know, for me, whatever I need to slot into to make that music the best it can be or help the…

— Mark Ronson

It's not like I go into the studio and say I'm going to try to make music to prove to somebody that I can…

— Damian Marley

While making any record, you look for the opportunity to bring someone who will help generate something special in the music environments you create.

— Michael McDonald