Top 25 Babyface Quotes

It’s like spicy food – sometimes you have to tone it down so more people can enjoy it.

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

R&B is the one thing that has influenced every kind of music. Every artist that there is, from those that are sung the most to Adele – you know, she was so influenced by so many R&B artists and soul music – it’s clear in her writing that that’s where it comes from.

I think that in order for music to be heard in a lot of different situations you have to always consider that.

I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.

I enjoy music that is commercial.

The first song I wrote was called ‘Here I Go Falling In Love’ I wrote it in the sixth grade.

I don’t go to that many Broadway shows, so I can’t really say anything.

The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.

I still write the same way and have the same perspective.

The most exciting thing for all of us is movies and movie stars.

Some people can sing, and they can sing sing, but Brandy can not only sing sing, but she has a voice and a tone that is unlike any other.

Unfortunately, a lot of executives aren’t like producers, and can’t hear the diamond in the rough.

But a lot of the old fans are listening to a lot of the younger music. So I gotta keep moving forward, and they’ll move forward too.

Adele ultimately did well in such a large way because she affects everybody, and the way that she writes seems to be popular music, not because of her skin color but because she writes great music, and it’s popular in that way.

It’s about finding great artists and being part of their careers.

The Internet is a whole new world opening up.

If my life depended on being a social-media person in terms of talking myself up, I probably would be in trouble because – not that I wouldn’t be able to step up to it – but I wouldn’t love it. I wouldn’t want to be that person; that wouldn’t be my natural thing.

I’m continuing to produce and will start a new record soon, as well.

I would say that I’ve been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up.

I don’t necessarily want people to know all my intimate feelings about Tracey.

I think that whenever there’s a good script we try to make that happen, but it’s all based off of a good story, a good script, but I don’t believe you should do it just because it’s African-American.

It might be a huge hit, it might not; but you learn something doing it.

I was always too afraid to slow dance. But I do remember watching people slow dance. I was the guy on the sidelines. At the school dance, I was usually in the band, playing.

The reality is, some people don’t want you to change or go anywhere different.