Pharrell Quotes & Sayings

I had Ice Cube on my first album, "Bunker," and then I did a remix for Snoop Dogg. I've worked with Grandmaster Flash and Pharrell. It's a different work process and there's a different take with how you produce [hip-hop]. — Paul Oakenfold

I can't say what I'm going to wear all the time. The minute that I say that, then there's something in me that tips off and then I need to break out of that. — Pharrell Williams

I stay grounded because everyone around me floats — Pharrell Williams

Right now, musically I'm inspired by everyday people. — Pharrell Williams

I'm a fan of music, first and foremost. So I do things from the perspective of a fan. — Pharrell Williams

My ideal travel companions are my family. — Pharrell Williams

Week before that, I was out in Italy
Italian heart-throbs could not get rid of me — Pharrell Williams

I don't know about style mistakes. — Pharrell Williams

The keyboard is my journal. — Pharrell Williams

You're gonna get your traditional Busta Rhymes and Pharrell collabo. My man Focus from the Aftermath crew; Dr. Dre; the late, great J Dilla got work on the album. It's gonna be great - look forward to the new bang-out. — Busta Rhymes

The Internet is just it's great in a lot of ways and it has its disadvantages. But one of the great advantages is the ubiquity - virtually anyone can be discovered and things catch like fire when they're great. — Pharrell Williams

First thing I do [in the morning] is thank the master. I thank God every day. — Pharrell Williams

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option. — Pharrell Williams

If you allow failure to take on more of a role in your life than possible, then you'll always look at it on the defense and you'll always shoot yourself down before it even goes anywhere. — Pharrell Williams

Living your life 40 floors up, looking out every day on ocean and skies, you see the world from a different point of view. It's like living in a very interesting fishbowl, but since no one can see up here, it's like a fishbowl with a limo tint. — Pharrell Williams

Collaborate with people you can learn from — Pharrell Williams

That's our job as artists is to be honest about what we're feeling. And what we're feeling is not always going to be perfect. Sometimes it's going to be controversial. Sometimes it's going to piss a couple of people off. Sometimes it's going to motivate people. Sometimes it's going to inspire. — Pharrell Williams

I love what I do, I love my job. — Pharrell Williams

A lot of producers get famous because they decide to be superstars for their own reasons, but I'm inspired by Timbaland and Pharrell and Swizz Beatz 'cause they're doing things that are so different. I like how they're introducing ideas I never would have thought of. — Diplo

As individuals, I just think that our biggest responsibility is to be self-aware, and some of us are not. — Pharrell Williams

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. — Pharrell Williams

The people have allowed me to - they've respected my choice of wanting to be like, a little, you know, a baby alchemist, and just trying to mix different cultures together and things that I think are interesting. — Pharrell Williams

Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof. Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth. — Pharrell Williams

Be appreciative ... that's what keeps me happy. — Pharrell Williams

'Entrepreneur 'just denotes that you recognize that you're doing things across disciplines and that you're blazing your own path. — Pharrell Williams

I just like when stuff feels good. 'Happy' feels good. — Pharrell Williams

My style hero was' Batman.' Now it's Tony Stark. — Pharrell Williams

It's cool that you hear something, but what did you feel and what was your tactile and kinesthetic response to it? Those songs and creative sessions mean the most. — Pharrell Williams

I love when things are transparent, free and clear of all inhibition and judgement. — Pharrell Williams

I just do what I do. It's not something that should be revered as something that's great. — Pharrell Williams

Stars don't sit still, they twinkle — Pharrell Williams

I like to browse and just hang in bookstores. — Pharrell Williams

I love everything that Frank Gehry does. I wish I could have that man build me a Wayne Manor-style mansion, like his idea of it. — Pharrell Williams

Clear intentions and clear purpose begets clear results. — Pharrell Williams

Fashion is more about feel than science. — Pharrell Williams

Women think about things in a holistic way that's not just so individual. And I'm saying the thing is, is if we had somebody looking after our country that thought about things as a whole, I just feel like it just would be different. — Pharrell Williams

I love playing. The keyboard is my journal. — Pharrell Williams

It's not what you're wearing, it's the way you wear it. — Pharrell Williams

Iconic artists are never straight ahead. Michael Jackson loved Elvis and Burt Bacharach, and uniquely blended both of them into what he did. — Pharrell Williams

In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday. — Pharrell Williams

For me, nothing is given. — Pharrell Williams

Lyrically, I could be so much sharper. Melodically, I could be so much stickier. Musically, I could have so much more texture. So I'm constantly doing that, trying to find new ways to mix things up. — Pharrell Williams

I went back to Jamaica after living in New York and started to work on experimental stuff and basically I grew as a filmmaker. I went to film school; I was a PA on a lot of projects and I worked so hard, you know, you're young and I learned from different mentors. And luck put me in the position to work with amazing people. One of my mentors by the name of Little X, who took me under his wing after I came out of film school and moved to New York. I worked in videos for Jay-Z, Pharrell to Busta Rhymes and Wyclef. I quickly realized how much I wanted to make films instead of music videos. — Storm Saulter

You treat the air as a canvas and the paint is the chords that come through your fingers, out of the keyboard. — Pharrell Williams

When it comes to luggage, I am an underpacker. — Pharrell Williams

There are tons of people who have made great music, great art, great whatever, but you don't know about them until the people lift you to a certain height so that you could even be visible and get any kind of recognition. — Pharrell Williams

The sexiest woman musician is Alicia Keys. — Pharrell Williams

Tokyo is like the New York of Asia. Although the people there are all basically from Japan, they celebrate what they like about various cultures. — Pharrell Williams

You learn from experiences, and I suppose that's where I color most of my music, from experiences. — Pharrell Williams

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. — Pharrell Williams

I remember like that scene with Pharrell where they're at the music video shoot, we have this on camera actually, Pharrell's confused because we weren't doing the script. We were doing all this improv and then Diddy says to him ... Pharrell's like I don't understand what's going on and Diddy goes, "We do a lot of improv". (laughter) I remember being we just made him into a comedy nerd. We somehow turned Sean Combs into a comedy nerd, so. — Nicholas Stoller

Some of the best art occurs when people are oppressed. That's just what we do as a species when something shakes us up. — Pharrell Williams

Fashion has to reflect who you are, what you feel at the moment, and where you're going. — Pharrell Williams

As much as we think we are as artists, we think, oh, you know, we're going to do this, we're going to do that, and really at the end of the day it's the fans that make that determination. Because if they don't buy it, stream it, share it or talk about it, then you're just a crazy person with an idea. — Pharrell Williams

There's no better feeling than just going in and just working with someone and what comes out is something that the world knows about. — Pharrell Williams

You sort of have to become what you're wearing. — Pharrell Williams

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. — Pharrell Williams

I wanted clothing that I couldn't find, so I decided to make it. — Pharrell Williams

Intake is everything. And that is, that's where you start to realize your ego has no business in our business. Once you think you know everything, it's only a matter of time. So I will forever remain a student. — Pharrell Williams

Fashion is more than fell about science — Pharrell Williams

All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are — Pharrell Williams

So many people just have that innate thing that allows them to express themselves in a way the majority can follow. That's when you're affecting culture. — Pharrell Williams

As a kid, I always had a super vivid imagination, like "Man, I like those shoes, but they should've made them in purple" or like, "Man, I wonder how people make songs." — Pharrell Williams

I am overly ambitious, because I realize it can be done. — Pharrell Williams

When creative individuals are given a stage, they have the power to advance humanity — Pharrell Williams

Failure honestly can be like the best lesson and it's like the one that like God wants you to really pay attention to. That's why it hurts. The pain will help you remember how not to walk, what directions not to go. — Pharrell Williams

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70. — Pharrell Williams

Everything that we experience every day leaves a long-lasting impression. — Pharrell Williams

If you kiss a woman's mind, her body will follow. — Pharrell Williams

Fashion is far more about really feel than science. — Pharrell Williams

I came to California and got signed at a young age. And it's not like you see in the movies, where you start rubbing shoulders with Timbaland and Pharrell, and you become a giant pop star. — Bruno Mars

Pharrell's affected everyone through music. To work with someone like that - it's a gift. You ever meet somebody you can learn so much from, and all you have to do is be quiet and watch? That's what it was like. I took in how he moves, speaks, how he creates, the whole nine. — Shameik Moore

That which makes you different is actually the thing that makes you special. — Pharrell Williams

The odds are so stacked against you to have a music career in a place where there's virtually no music industry. So I always attribute it to God. — Pharrell Williams

Remember my first tenet in getting dressed is how you feel in the morning. So if you're not being true blue to that, it usually shows. — Pharrell Williams

It's not possible to experience constant euphoria, but if you're grateful, you can find happiness in everything. — Pharrell Williams

Stay loyal to your creativity because it's a gift. — Pharrell Williams

From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request. — Pharrell Williams

The element of harmony is super important. — Pharrell Williams

The best work comes from people who are motivated by crisis. When something stops their original idea, they respond by coming up with something even better. — Pharrell Williams

I love making music, though. I love playing. — Pharrell Williams

I learn a lot from my experiences and collaborations. Most of my collaborations are meant for me to learn. — Pharrell Williams

Timberland is an all-American brand focused on work, utility and the outdoors, that managed to find a place in the fashion world as well — Pharrell Williams

You get used to it when you feel like you're an artist. — Pharrell Williams

Alber Elbaz is just a genius. He'll be in a dinner jacket and he doesn't care what time of day it is: I love that about him. He just marches to the beat of his own drum. — Pharrell Williams

I think music follows the trends of the collective conscious. — Pharrell Williams

There are no mistakes or accidents. The present is malleable. Influence the odds. Free will is your pen, write your life. — Pharrell Williams

So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air. — Pharrell Williams

Music is all of a sudden much more colorful. — Pharrell Williams

I prefer a woman's way of dealing with things. — Pharrell Williams

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear. — Pharrell Williams

I don't have to be as big as Dre, Kanye or Pharrell. Nobody even has to know my face. As long as I'm getting placements and I'm making good music and able to support myself - I'm good. — Rahki

Basically for everything that comes out of Five Four, I've come up with the idea or changed it in some way. I'm also working with Putnam Accessory Group, a private label hat manufacturer. I'm in the process of re-branding a line they have called Chuck. It was mostly hats and bags, but I'm adding apparel and eyewear and whatever I feel like adding to turn it more into a brand. I'm supposed to be working with Pharrell on Billionaire Boys Club, but that's on hold. — Mark McNairy

Every piece of technology, every piece of art, basically everything manmade comes from an idea. — Pharrell Williams

We're nothing without science. Nothing. — Pharrell Williams

Pharrell has always been my style idol. — Kanye West

If you are not curious, that's when your brain is starting to die. And discovering, I think, that's what separates us from the rest of the other species. It's that we discover and pioneer. — Pharrell Williams

Failure hurts pretty bad. But when you got good people around you they remind you that failure is actually just a lesson. It's how not to walk so you don't fall again. — Pharrell Williams

Life is a carousel. It goes up and down. All U gotta do is just stay on. — Pharrell Williams

You gotta go inward To experience the outer space That was built for you — Pharrell Williams