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 WilliamsI 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 WilliamsIn and out of dimensions I walk through walls, just saying you can't put me in a box that's all.
Pharrell WilliamsTrust me, when they read the [Oscar] results, my face was...frozen. But then I thought about it, and I just decided just to...let it go.
Pharrell WilliamsDon't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation
Pharrell WilliamsSome of the best art occurs when people are oppressed. That's just what we do as a species when something shakes us up.
Pharrell WilliamsClap along if you feel like a room without a roof Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.
Pharrell WilliamsThere 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 WilliamsIn 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 WilliamsFailure 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 WilliamsSo 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 WilliamsI'm a producer. I'm a musician. And my job is to come in and, you know, put - you know, I treat all of the artists that I work with, like, you know, the way da Vinci was looking at Mona Lisa, you know, there's an interesting backdrop.
Pharrell WilliamsTimberland 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 WilliamsThere'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 WilliamsA lot of my creative projects are inspired and driven by technology and style. My mission is to recycle as much plastic possible in my lifetime and beyond in the form of high quality products.
Pharrell WilliamsI don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.
Pharrell WilliamsSociety wants to put us in a box and say, OK, you do this and you do that and you do this, and I'm like, no, I like this, I like that.
Pharrell WilliamsThere's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.
Pharrell WilliamsSometimes I do have something in my head. But, for me, I think it usually ends up being about considering all of the elements, and trying to understand the distance from where we are to where we want to go.
Pharrell WilliamsUsually as humans and especially as a man, we look at things in context. It's like, oh, I know what that is, that's this, or this, there's that.
Pharrell WilliamsThe 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 WilliamsWhen 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 WilliamsI'm a fan of music, first and foremost. So I do things from the perspective of a fan.
Pharrell WilliamsI'm very lazy, it's just that I love music and I love the things that I get to do. That's why I feel so blessed.
Pharrell WilliamsWhen I'm in the mood for room service, my favorite order is a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich.
Pharrell WilliamsSome of us get a feeling when we hear music and we feel music, and you want to figure out how to continue to feel that.
Pharrell WilliamsRemember 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 WilliamsI have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation.
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