Scott Storch Quotes

I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

What Joanna and Solange and Kanye all had in common was a mental image of what the sound is supposed to be. As a collaborator, my goal has to be to help them get toward that mental image. That was cool.

It's lovely being a producer. It's really a lot of fun and I can learn a lot.

Some artists want a producer to be a kind of svengali - someone who actually creates a sound for them.

I spend just as much time on how people hear my music as I do the actual music, no matter how long it takes. I'm such a visual artist as well that it always goes hand-in-hand.

When I'm in a session with an artist, my job is to help execute their vision - so it's whatever story they're telling, and the news doesn't specifically affect that.

T Bone and I grew up together in Fort Worth, Texas. He had his own recording studio by the time he was seventeen years old. When we were both nineteen he made the first archival recording of my voice.

I've had a couple of guys that I've had co-produce records with me through my career, and it's fun to work with a co-producer.

My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver.

I spend a lot of time working in the studio as a producer, not just a singer.

I always want to make an album that lets people immerse in it, kind of like you get caught up in a good movie.

I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.

I wouldn't mind doing a soundtrack someday.

There are loads of bands I'd love to produce.

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

I have a company in New York City producing music for commercials, for radio, TV, features, etc. That's how I've been making my living. And now the company is very successful - to the extent that I can afford to come out and play.

With music, you're working with a producer, and you walk out of the studio six hours later with a track that's almost completely finished. There's an almost immediate payoff.

I like working with other people but I'm not a songwriter, I'm a producer.

I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content.

When I went into the studio I created a sound that I wanted to hear.

I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio.

The record producer is the music world's equivalent of a film director.

The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.

My profession is called record production.