Evelyn Glennie Quotes

I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.

Common would come to my house and give me a freestyle verse. I'd make a new beat for it and put it with something else. That's how I met Eminem - he came to my house back when he first started. He gave me a bunch of freestyles, and that's how we built a relationship. Everyone came to my house.

'Cruise Control' was the first track me and Wiz Khalifa ever did. I made the beat on that, and I played guitar on it.

I'ma work with Kanye. I'ma try my damndest.

Jay Z and Biggie and Nas always listened to my direction. They listened and they applied it and I also listened to their opinions and that's why the records came out so good.

Gunna was the second person I ever made a song with.

I would say my dream collaboration would probably have to be with Drake. I think he is an amazing artist.

I ran into Snoop one night. I was in the studio later, and I got this beat and thought he would sound great on it. I called him and he came right through that night.

Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.

I'd love to collaborate with Drake. I think he's awesome.

My new music video, 'My Life' featuring Eminem and Adam Levine, the only person in the actual video who you can physically make out besides myself and Adam Levine is Andre Dirrell.

I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map.

I do a lot of co-writing with my producer RedOne, and then a lot on my own. I just like to be creative.

With 'Light,' I collaborated with a lot of different producers and musicians I respected, and we all wrote and worked on material which I then took to an old-school producer, David Kahne, and we put it all together. The lyrics came first - they were written before the music.

I'll make a song with Rick Rubin, a song with Beyonce, a song with Lenny Kravitz. I just believe in making good music. I'm not trying to section myself off into just making hard-core rap music.

I just love working with Eminem. He's just one of my favorite rappers, and his lyrics - he's a true poet, and I enjoy that about him.

When me and Gucci sit down, I make tracks real fast, and he can write songs real fast.

Watch The Throne' is my favorite project. The production, the way they carried themselves, it's amazing.

Nothing's ever easy about composing for other people's projects, but I like it. I've been lucky to have worked with adventurous directors who trust me.

Kanye on the track and LeBron. That's fire.

Snow Tha Product was dope. She wanted me on a song, so I did it for her. I ain't charge her nothing.

It could be interesting doing something with Kanye.

I've got a song with Roscoe Dash - that's next level, man.

Drake is a lyrical genius, and he's great with melodies, and Pharrell is an amazing producer and songwriter.

I had completely changed from being a mixtape DJ to being a producer and working with Nas and stuff like that.