Art Quote by Valee

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

— DJ Jazzy Jeff

As a producer, youre 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

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

— Kip Winger

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

— Hilary Swank

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

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

Once you become a producer, you're really selling something. It is a control issue, because you don't really know how it's going to pan…

— Scott Cohen

Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

— Ai Weiwei

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

— Kip Winger

I'm not a full-fledged producer, but I can be one if I want to really spend my time on straight being a producer.

— E-40

I started producing out of necessity. It's not that I want to become a full time producer, but it gives me control over my…

— Michelle Glick