Pharrell Williams Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Because we've done so much production for other people, to be able to come out on our label for us is a great give back.

I don't know, the artist thing is not me.

I just do what I do. It's not something that should be revered as something that's great.

I just happen to admire everyone that we work with.

I look up to Puff and I definitely look up to Lenny too... it's just like, two people, the best of both worlds.

I love making music, though. I love playing.

I love what I do, I love my job.

I think all music is a gift from God.

So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air.

That was for a video, but the video to me is like the second part of the song because it is the interpretation given in a visual perspective.

The keyboard is my journal.

The sexiest woman musician is Alicia Keys.

There's no better feeling than just going in and just working with someone and what comes out is something that the world knows about.

When you're dancing, you're dancing for people to see.

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

You get used to it when you feel like you're an artist.

You treat the air as a canvas and the paint is the chords that come through your fingers, out of the keyboard.

Trivia

Pharrell was in a marching band in high school in which he played the snare drum.

Pharrell has two half brothers named Pharoah Williams III and David Williams.

Pharrell was born to Pharoah Williams Jr.

The name of Pharrell Williams band is N*E*R*D in which he stated in an interview that it means No-one Ever Really Dies.

Pharrell is the lead singer of the band N*E*R*D, along with his two childhood friends Chad Hugo and Shae Haley.

Pharrell and partner Chad Hugo have helped A-list musicians sell millions of albums and Grammys, musicians like: Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, Mase, Nelly, Usher, Britney Spears, and Kelis, to name a few.

Pharrell designs upscale sunglasses for Luis Vuitton.

Pharrell has a clothing line called the BBC (Billionaire Boys Club) and a shoe company labeled Ice Cream Footwear, that was launched in September, 2004.

Pharrell won twoGrammy's in 2004. One was for "Producr of the Year, Non-Classical" and the other was for "Best Pop Vocal Album", for his work with Justin Timberlake.

Pharrell & Chad earned their first worldwide #1 hit as producers for Britney Spears single "I'm A Slave 4 U".

Pharrell, Chad, and Shae formed the band N*E*R*D. They released their first album in Europe in 1999, titled In Search...Of.

Pharrell photographed the Playboy spread for Sandra Hubby's layout in August 2006.

Pharrell formed a four piece R&B group in the 1990's with his friends: Shae, Chad, and Mike Etheridge. They called themselves The Neptunes, and were discovered by producer Teddy Riley in a local talent show they had entered. They were immediately signed on as a group.

Pharrell met fellow N*E*R*D bandmate Chad at age 12, they were both in the school marching band. Pharrell played the snare drum, while Chad was the student conductor.

Pharrell released his debut single called "Frontin'" in 2003, and the album In My Mind in 2006.