Pharrell Williams compares good music to a good relationship
- 10 years ago
US R and B singer and producer Pharrell Williams was in London on Wednesday September 10th to play the eighth annual iTunes festival.
The 41-year-old played a selection from his back catalogue as well as his latest single 'Come Get it Bae'.
He compared good music with a good relationship.
SOUNDBITE, Pharrell Williams, singer (English):
"Some people are so shallow they will stay with someone because of the way they look, you know? But most people stay with people because they realise what's on the inside is so much brighter and so much more beautiful than what's on the outside and they feel like they have a gift and it makes you want to date. Music's no different. It might sound weird, but you'll get tired of those sounds if they have nothing in it, for real. There needs to be some substance, there needs to be drive and purpose."
Williams is a multiple Grammy winner as a producer and songwriter -- with his own smash solo hits such as Happy.
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The 41-year-old played a selection from his back catalogue as well as his latest single 'Come Get it Bae'.
He compared good music with a good relationship.
SOUNDBITE, Pharrell Williams, singer (English):
"Some people are so shallow they will stay with someone because of the way they look, you know? But most people stay with people because they realise what's on the inside is so much brighter and so much more beautiful than what's on the outside and they feel like they have a gift and it makes you want to date. Music's no different. It might sound weird, but you'll get tired of those sounds if they have nothing in it, for real. There needs to be some substance, there needs to be drive and purpose."
Williams is a multiple Grammy winner as a producer and songwriter -- with his own smash solo hits such as Happy.
Does he fe