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Michael Jackson, he used to chase relevancy all the time. He always wanted to go a little bigger and better and keep that audience. There was never a point where Michael was going to feel like, 'I've got to play the Nokia, and that's all I'm going to pull in is the Nokia.' That would not have been acceptable.

From Babyface

The first song I wrote was called 'Here I Go Falling In Love' I wrote it in the sixth grade.

From Babyface

Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.

From Babyface

Adele ultimately did well in such a large way because she affects everybody, and the way that she writes seems to be popular music, not because of her skin color but because she writes great music, and it's popular in that way.

From Babyface

I usually prepare a track, and then I work with the artist when it's time to do the vocals.

From Babyface

I enjoy music that is commercial. I think that in order for music to be heard in a lot of different situations, you have to always consider that. Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music, and you always have to keep that in mind. It's not so much financial as making sure it gets the shot and is heard on the radio.

From Babyface

There are people that bring artists to me to look at it, and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial.

From Babyface

I don't claim to be a great vocalist, but I know how to work my voice with its limitations. My talent is I know how to work what I have. It might not always be a picture-perfect performance, but what we look for is the emotion.

From Babyface

I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.

From Babyface

The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.

From Babyface

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