61 Quotes by Jermaine Dupri

My last record, people were a little confused because I was trying to prove a production point. This time, my production credit is there.

Phil is the best engineer I've ever worked with because he makes it a point to understand the music that he's mixing, so it makes your work sound ten times better.

You'll hear my voice on some songs. The world has no idea what they're about to experience--Janet has the best production trio possible--and I guarantee, we will deliver!

We haven't had a slew of artists, but the artists we do come out with have always had the same momentum.

The timing is not right for us to record a song about the future when so many people have lost their lives. We will proceed in a few months, but right now it's about helping those who are dealing with the tsunami disaster and that should honestly be the focus.

It's one of the hardest feats in the music industry, maintaining and continuing to keep doing at the same pace for a lengthy amount of years.

Everybody's got to stop acting like they wear bandanas all day, every day. You've got to face the facts that you do sit on the phone sometimes.

They keep the song as street as it needs to be. It's got a good catchy hook where it can do what it needs to do on the radio, but they keep the song street where it will keep credibility in the hood.

I'm happy to have a situation where I can work with Big Boi. Not just because we're both from Atlanta, but because of his creativity, his musical ear and his ability to find new talent. His association with Virgin will add to the excitement that I'm bringing to the label.