Timbaland

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

“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'm a grown man. I ain't got time for all that 'you say, she say.'”

“I'm a musical genius.”

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

“I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.”

“I'm definitely a risk-taker with my music.”

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

“I listen to a lot of '80s stuff, like 'Owner of a Lonely Heart,' by the group Yes. And Mr. Mister's 'Broken Wings.'”

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

“I know somebody in every culture.”

“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 work out all the time. I love it.”

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

“I consider myself a composer.”

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