R&B is the one thing that has influenced every kind of music. Every artist that there is, from those that are sung the most to Adele – you know, she was so influenced by so many R&B artists and soul music – it’s clear in her writing that that’s where it comes from. Babyface Read Quote
It’s like spicy food – sometimes you have to tone it down so more people can enjoy it. Babyface Read Quote
But a lot of the old fans are listening to a lot of the younger music. So I gotta keep moving forward, and they’ll move forward too. Babyface Read Quote
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. Babyface Read Quote
The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people. Babyface Read Quote
Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind. Babyface Read Quote
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. Babyface Read Quote