For 'Chapters', I decided to let go of my insecurities, found myself some talented R&B producers, and worked with them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I didn't ever plan to be a producer, and I didn't really know what I was getting myself into.
Producing came about because I never wanted to be in one of those books, Where Are They Now?
I get along great with directors, but I think some producers would tell you I'm a pain. They may say I'm tough to work with, but I have a great passion for what I do. I believe in fighting for it.
I feel like R&B as a genre has become a caricature of itself.
I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.
After Star Trek, I was with the top agencies, but producers and directors did not know what to do with me.
I've run into some S.O.B. directors, but I gave them back as good as I got.
I'd worked with directors who wouldn't collaborate. Then I've also worked with directors who didn't really know what they wanted. I knew I didn't want to be either one of those guys - or girls.
I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.
So I became a producer because I knew one of the reasons was they didn't do them the way I thought was right.