Top 162 Quotes & Sayings by Pharrell Williams - Page 2

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

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.

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

I'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.

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

I'm like a little boy from Virginia. I'm a backpacker. In my head, I'm left of centre. I come from the pool of weirdoes.

I feel overworked, but when I don't work, I feel weird.

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

The motivation for me, was them telling me what I could not be.

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

Collaborate with people you can learn from

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

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.

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

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.

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

Artists are like messengers. A song is authored by you, but its interpretation is owned by other people. And you have no control over that.

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

I stay grounded because everyone around me floats

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.

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

Stars don't sit still, they twinkle

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.

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

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.

That's what music should be like all the time. No stress, moving things forward, inspiring the youth, and doing it with style and vigor.

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

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

Clear intentions and clear purpose begets clear results.

Happiness is not about the trophy, or the finish line. It's the journey. If you enjoy your journey, you can enjoy your life

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.

If someone asks me what inspires me, I always say, "That which is missing," because I don't want to copy everything that's already happening. I feel like when you copy, you blend in, and when you blend in, you get lost.

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

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

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.

We're going to start seeing that it's actually less about race and more about class in the future. As much as we complain about the establishment discriminating against black people, we're going to start seeing that more of us are already in the establishment.

Whenever I think of the memories of you by my side, it leaves a smile on my lips and gives me the hope of the love that we will have again when you will return. That is why I don't mind staying apart like this.

It can't be all you. Just like you need air to fly a kite. It's not the kite. It's the air.

For every individual who gets killed, someone should build a school or teach a child. We really need to balance things with positivity.

Creative people are often considered crazy but I believe crazy can be a good thing.

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

In and out of dimensions I walk through walls, just saying you can't put me in a box that's all.

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.

You are one of one. None before and none to come. That what makes you different, makes you beautiful.

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.

Wealth is of the heart and mind, not the pocket

When you start trying to figure out what you're the best at, that's when you become delusional because you start to believe that. [you're the best] I'd rather continue to ride that mule than to ride the cocky horse. You see people spin out of control like that all the time. Those are the most tragic stories – the most gifted people who start to believe that it's really ALL THEM. It's not all you. It can't be all you. Just like you need air to fly a kite. It's not the KITE – it's the AIR.

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.

No human being is the same; we are like snowflakes, none of us are the same but we are all COOL

Whatever you want to do is more than possible. It’s what you haven’t dreamt of yet that will blow your mind

The New Black doesn’t blame other races for our issues. The New Black dreams and realizes that it’s not a pigmentation: it’s a mentality and it’s either going to work for you, or it’s going to work against you. And you’ve got to pick the side you’re going to be on.

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.

Society 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.

Be appreciative... that's what keeps me happy.

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.

Don't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation

If you're not learning, you're wasting your time.

I try not to cry, in general. The experience of crying is so emotional and uncomfortable for me that I don't like to go there.

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

Yo, you don't need nobody to represent you. You represent you. You represent the best version of who you could be. You go out there and change the world.