Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (/fəˈrɛl/; born April 5, 1973) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer.
Music is what I love to do. Music, fashion, a couple of chairs, I'm cool, I'm grateful.
I think all music is a gift from God.
I love when things are transparent, free and clear of all inhibition and judgement.
I wanted clothing that I couldn't find, so I decided to make it.
I'm a producer. I'm a musician. And my job is to come in and, you know, put - you know, I treat all of the artists that I work with, like, you know, the way da Vinci was looking at Mona Lisa, you know, there's an interesting backdrop.
I like anything sweet.
That's sort of what I try to do with music: to harness whatever energy is already there and see where that momentum takes me. Sometimes you're spinning that oncoming momentum in a different direction, or sometimes you're coercing it to consider itself, or sometimes you're holding it up to a mirror. But I don't really like to interrupt and come in and destroy everything and start all over. I'm not that kind of guy.
When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.
Fashion has to reflect who you are, what you feel at the moment, and where you're going.
The motivation for me, was them telling me what I could not be.
Fashion is more about feel than science.
The most important thing is just like creativity and music. It's the one thing that you never lose if you just stay loyal to that.
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
Fashion is far more about really feel than science.
I think minimalism is something I just got attracted to just in general because I like the empty space, if you think about it, like there's a lot of empty space. So there are sounds there, there are chords, like coordinates, to sort of tell you where the emotion is going, but then it leaves so much room for the voice to do other things.
You learn from experiences, and I suppose that's where I color most of my music, from experiences.
Failure is not always a bad thing. You just have to be smart while you're in the middle of it. You're in the eye of the tornado of like disappointment to know that it's just a storm and it'll pass.
I'm like most people. We just concentrate on the present. I live right where the film is going through the film projector and it hits the light.
Iconic artists are never straight ahead. Michael Jackson loved Elvis and Burt Bacharach, and uniquely blended both of them into what he did.
When I make music, I try to make something that is super colorful and something you've never heard before, so when you hear the whole album, it's a good feeling. Musically that's what I aspire to do whenever I'm making an album.