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Vote:   | Being fortunate enough to find someone like Thicke - that says it all. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | But a lot of the old fans are listening to a lot of the younger music. So I gotta keep moving forward, and they'll move forward too. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | I could easily not be the person that people know. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | I don't go to that many Broadway shows, so I can't really say anything. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | I don't necessarily want people to know all my intimate feelings about Tracey. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I enjoy music that is commercial. |
Popularity: -2
Vote: | I mean, it's nice to know Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, but when you're sitting next to a movie star, that's a whole 'nother thing. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I still write the same way and have the same perspective. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I think that in order for music to be heard in a lot of different situations you have to always consider that. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | I think that whenever there's a good script we try to make that happen, but it's all based off of a good story, a good script, but I don't believe you should do it just because it's African-American. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | I usually prepare a track and then I work with the artist when it's time to do the vocals. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | I wanted to be around that music, and know it, and be inspired by it. And I think the best way to do that is to be around people that do it. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | I'm continuing to produce and will start a new record soon, as well. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | I'm much like Thicke - I love all types of music, and when things are fused together it may be watered down, but then you end up with something new. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | In my experience, it's as simple as songs coming through the mail and the A&R department. |
Popularity: 4
Vote: | In regards to the play, I'll just keep watching it and go out on the road every now and then to see how it's going and to tweak it to make it better. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | It might be a huge hit, it might not; but you learn something doing it. |
Popularity: 5
Vote: | It's about finding great artists and being part of their careers. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | It's changed with the times, as music changes. You try to adapt with that, as well. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | It's like spicy food - sometimes you have to tone it down so more people can enjoy it. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | It's not so much financial as making sure it gets the shot and is heard on the radio. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | Make sure to try to bring something interesting that will keep everyone's attention. Not just African-Americans, but everyone. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | So most of the acting that's done are usually Canadians and because it's shot in Toronto, there's this law that you have to use Canadians for extras. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | So Tracey came in dressed like a real estate agent. She was very pretty and proper-sounding in comparison to most of the girls. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | Sometimes people think that because it's an African-American story and it's positive, that's enough. |
Popularity: 3
Vote: | The hardest lesson is that in making films, the studio has major control over you. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | The Internet is a whole new world opening up. |
Popularity: -2
Vote: | The most exciting thing for all of us is movies and movie stars. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | The reality is, some people don't want you to change or go anywhere different. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | The whole process of this record was an education for me as a musician. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | There are other ways of reaching people, and the more you figure out how to do that the more you can get around the giants. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | There are people that bring artists to me to look at it and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial. |
Popularity: 2
Vote: | There's artists that I'm working with on a new label of mine. Foxy Nova and Supa Nova. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | Unfortunately, a lot of executives aren't like producers, and can't hear the diamond in the rough. |
Popularity: 0
Vote: | When I was in top 40 bands, I always had to learn new material and new styles. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | You can find a diamond in the rough a lot of times. |