I've always tried different stuff in the studio. I use rakes, spoons, cans... I'm a surround-sound type of guy.

It hurts when people put you down.

It's probably hard to be married to me. It's not easy.

My first love is producing.

My style is to take something unexpected and make it into a hit. That's what I do.

The same people who smile in my face would be the same ones to talk behind my back.

When I first met Aaliyah - it time for the world to hear this, I'm gonna give a little secret - I was in love with her.

You don't question where the music comes from, because it all comes from God.

I listen to a lot of alternative types of music: I listen to a lot of Chinese music, I listen to a lot of Asian music. It might surprise you, but I listen to a lot of Arabic music. And I don't care - music is music.

I never had any plans to become a producer when I was a kid. I wanted to be a DJ, like most other kids at the time. Then my mum bought me a Casio keyboard and I started to sample sounds that I liked.

I'm trying to do something real different; I'm trying to bring the street to real pop. I'm trying to bring the street to pop. Not watering it down, no nothing.

I been through some junk. It ain't all been peaches and cream.

An artist don't make you bigger than life - being that person that can break artists can make you bigger than life.

Don't get in my personal life.

Everyone wants to work with the big new producer or the hot new singer. The key is to find them before they're hot.

Good production is like a beautiful marriage. It makes a happy home.

Greatness can never be over because you can lay it down for a minute.

I consider myself a composer.

I do music for the fans. I want to lift fans up.

I don't have beef with nobody.