Timbaland quotes:

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

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

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

Don't get in my personal life.

It hurts when people put you down.

My style is to take something unexpected and make it into a hit. That's what I do.

I never had any plans to become a producer when I was a kid. I wanted to be a DJ, like most other kids at the time. Then my mum bought me a Casio keyboard and I started to sample sounds that I liked.

I work out all the time. I love it.

I don't repeat myself and I don't look back because everything is hard work and the only way forward is to continue to be creative.

When I first met Aaliyah - it time for the world to hear this, I'm gonna give a little secret - I was in love with her.

I'm making music the way I would have done before modern equipment and music recording.

I do music for the fans. I want to lift fans up.

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

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

I don't have beef with nobody.

I don't know nothing about no jungle and bass.

I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.

I look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation.

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

I'm weird, I do crazy things, it's not like the average norm.

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

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.

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

My first love is producing.

I'm the type of person who tries to save the world.

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

Everyone wants to work with the big new producer or the hot new singer. The key is to find them before they're hot.

I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.

I know somebody in every culture.

I try to be as normal as I can.

I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement.

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

It's probably hard to be married to me. It's not easy.

People do not respect music anymore... They go by what's hot... If you're hot, you deserve 4 or 5 Grammys... Madonna is a genius and she only has 2 or 3 Grammys... What is that about?

The same people who smile in my face would be the same ones to talk behind my back.