Lil Jon Quotes

I love producing. I have been producing some acts and starting a label.

I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.

I want to work with Jay-Z.

I actually did a remix for Katy Perry, and her management didn't respond.

There's artists that I'm working with on a new label of mine. Foxy Nova and Supa Nova.

My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label and bring something different to the label besides the Hank Williams situation.

My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.

I love Interscope, I love Star Trak.

I've started a little independent record label called 'Six String Productions' and recorded a couple of tunes, and I hope to do some more with some future artists next year. It's a real passion project of mine.

I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we've been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives - one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment.

I wouldn't mind doing Broadway, but I am definitely trying to get a album out there first.

There's something insane about this business - about the cycle of making albums and going on tour to promote them.

It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists... I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.

I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into the meet-and-greet, someone's always going to have a story, a sad story or a happy story.

I'm still involved in the business of Cheap Trick, so I keep my eye on that kind of stuff.

Comedy and politics have a lot in common. Both are great ways to pick up chicks - just look at Governor Spitzer. Or Ellen Degeneres. Both require spending time on the road meeting strangers who often have the desire to throw things at you. Both are difficult, if not impossible, to do all alone. And both rely heavily on personality.

I don't see myself ever being in a position where I need to sign to a label.

Being able to control a live crowd at the ESPYs, that's fun.

I used to work at a label. I used to be a publicist. I used to be at a management company.

Even with G.O.O.D. Music, we have artists that have done very well, and we've had artists that haven't. Being attached to Kanye is only going to get you so far. You've still got to have the records and the talent and the artistry on your own to carry it.

Jimmy Iovine has been telling me since 2012 that I needed to start my own label with my own artists. This was when he first met me and 'Bandz a Make Her Dance' was first taking off.

Roc was only supposed to be our distributor, but then they ended up recruiting me as the label's artist. They said they really liked my album 'Everything You Wanted.'

I walked away from the Jive Records situation, but I still have a great relationship with a lot of the workers and a lot of people who were in that system that have moved on to other places. I felt like being there; it totally wasn't understood what the Raheem DeVaughn movement was about.

I've been an educator all my life pretty much. It's important as a manager and also as a record label, to educate your artists on public speaking, how to build that connection, how to communicate effectively, to have a general working knowledge of the music industry.

After giving countless hit songs, I felt saturated. I decided to do music only for my own films and music albums. And so, I decided to start my own music label.