Art Quote by Quincy Jones

Making a record is an intimate experience. A good producer can get things out of you that you can't get out of yourself.

— Rob Halford

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

To make a record requires a strategy; it's not just throwing somebody in the studio and seeing how it goes. Some artists are self-contained,…

— Tom Corson

The artist-audience relationship is the most valuable thing, and anything you can do to fuel the long-term potential of that relationship is of value…

— Isaac Hanson

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…

— Danger Mouse

Producers are the people behind the biggest artists in the game. We definitely deserve that title to be considered as an artist, because producers…

— Murda Beatz

It's never the same relationship. I see my job as filling in the blanks. Whatever it is that the artist lacks in the process…

— Todd Rundgren

When making any record, a producer has a list of things you hope an artist brings to the studio. Songs that are strong even…

— Linda Perry

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

— Hilary Swank

To me, the ideal artist-to-audience relationship is a one-to-zero relationship. The artist should be granted anonymity.

— Glenn Gould

What's nice about being a producer is you get to roll the dice more often, and you get to be involved with lots of…

— Jerry Harrison