On how the black demographic is put in a box: ", you would listen to a black station that would play R&B, and you would also hear Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust' or you would hear Tears for Fears' 'Shout'. Which is probably why the contract was so bad." When asked whether his parents were supportive of his music work early on, he said: "I kept my parents out of it until I brought home my first plaque. And I noticed that the loop kept giving this continuous feeling and that was just like blowing my mind as something that was just happening over and over again." He continued: "Because they looped a part of the song, and they just made it. On the moment he realized he wanted to pursue music: A Tribe Called Quest had put out their first record, and I heard 'Bonita Applebaum' and I 'Man, what is this record?'" The odds are so stacked against you to have a music career in a place where there's virtually no music industry, you know? So I always attribute it to God." partners Chad Hugo and Shae Haley were able to rise out of the Virginia Beach community where they grew up: "Chad and Shae and myself, I feel like we were just super blessed. You're like, no, I'm going to color outside the lines, in fact I'm going to start on this side of the page." When asked about pressure to fulfill to a defined image: "You guys would be so offended if someone just said to you, no, you're this, no stick to this, this is what you are. But when I just let it go and just go with the flow and just do things that I enjoy, I've just had this incredibly eclectic journey of just great opportunities to collaborate with people who were far much more experienced than I was." He's just like, hey, check him out, there he is again. You know? He's rolling over laughing all the time with me. It's when I become too, you know, too worried about how it has to be and, you know, that's when, you know, God spends a lot of time chuckling at me. And as long as I concentrate on the fun, it usually turns out cool. "For whatever reason, these opportunities are presented to me," he continued. On how he's gotten to this point of success in his career: "Honestly, I am like the Mr. He continued: "A song is authored by you, but its interpretation is owned by other people. And as an artist, artists are like messengers, you know." When asked about the responsibilities artists bear to address political turmoil circulating in society, Williams said: "Well, as individuals, I just think that our biggest responsibility is to be self-aware, and some of us are not. Excerpts are available below a full transcript follows. Over the course of the nearly two-hour career-retrospective interview and Q&A with students from Tisch, Williams discussed growing up in Virginia Beach, his early forays and fumbles in production, the artists that have inspired him in music and fashion, meeting and working with producer Teddy Riley, his experience with racial stereotypes, skateboarding, the time Kelis introduced him to Prada during his Polo phase, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and so much more. Music Interviews Pharrell Williams, In Conversation
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