37 Empowering Pharrell Williams Quotes To Fuel Your Day

There isn’t much that can stop a man on a mission, and that’s certainly the case with Pharrell Williams. From his first debut solo album release in 2006, he’s continued executing on his vision every single day!

Today he’s won 13 Grammy Awards and inspired the next generation. We find it somewhat hard to believe he’s almost 50 years old and has 4 children. After all, it was only yesterday that we saw him all over the television screens and topping the charts.

So if you’re looking to fuel your day from the quotes from a man who never gave up on his dream, then this list is for you!

1. Life is a carousel. It goes up and down. All you gotta do is just stay on.

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2. Wealth is of the heart and mind, not the pocket.

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4. Stay loyal to your creativity because it’s a gift.

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5. I’m just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that’s the most important message.

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6. Fashion is more about feel than science.

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7. Remember my first tenet in getting dressed is how you feel in the morning. So if you’re not being true blue to that, it usually shows.

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8. You gotta go inward To experience the outer space That was built for you.

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9. Fashion has to reflect who you are, what you feel at the moment, and where you’re going.

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10. Clear intentions and clear purpose begets clear results.

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11. Happiness is not about the trophy or the finish line. It’s the journey. If you enjoy your journey, you can enjoy your life.

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12. When I make music, I try to make something that is super colorful and something you’ve never heard before, so when you hear the whole album, it’s a good feeling. Musically that’s what I aspire to do whenever I’m making an album.

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13. Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof. Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.

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14. As a kid, I always had a super vivid imagination, like “Man, I like those shoes, but they should’ve made them in purple” or like, Man, I wonder how people make songs.

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15. I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it’s often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation.

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16. The simplest way to say it is that I think we’re all dealt these cards in life, but the cards in and of themselves don’t read one way or the other.  It’s up to you to home in and cultivate whatever you’ve got in your hand.

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17. You learn from experiences, and I suppose that’s where I color most of my music, from experiences.

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18. First thing I do [in the morning] is thank the master. I thank God every day.

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19. In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can’t do that holding on to a glory from yesterday.

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20. I love when things are transparent, free, and clear of all inhibition and judgment.

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21. Tokyo is like the New York of Asia. Although the people there are all basically from Japan, they celebrate what they like about various cultures.

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22. Happiness is not about the trophy, or the finish line.  It’s the journey.  If you enjoy your journey, you can enjoy your life.

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

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24. I’m a fan of music, first and foremost. So I do things from the perspective of a fan.

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25. So many people just have that innate thing that allows them to express themselves in a way the majority can follow. That’s when you’re affecting culture.

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26. Intake is everything. And that is, that’s where you start to realize your ego has no business in our business. Once you think you know everything, it’s only a matter of time. So I will forever remain a student.

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27. Trust me, when they read the [Oscar] results, my face was…frozen. But then I thought about it, and I just decided just to… let it go.

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28. The best work comes from people who are motivated by crisis.  When something stops their original idea, they respond by coming up with something even better.

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29. I’m like most people. We just concentrate on the present. I live right where the film is going through the film projector and it hits the light.

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30. Some of the best art occurs when people are oppressed. That’s just what we do as a species when something shakes us up.

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31. I don’t want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I’m 70.

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32. If you allow failure to take on more of a role in your life than possible, then you’ll always look at it on the defense and you’ll always shoot yourself down before it even goes anywhere.

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

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34. Failure is not always a bad thing.  You just have to be smart while you’re in the middle of it.  You’re in the eye of the tornado of, like, disappointment – to know that it’s just a storm and it’ll pass.

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35. Failure honestly can be like the best lesson and it’s like the one that like God wants you to really pay attention to.  That’s why it hurts.  The pain will help you remember how not to walk, what directions not to go.

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36. Clear intentions and clear purpose beget clear results.

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37. There are no mistakes or accidents.  The present is malleable.  Influence the odds.  Free will is your pen, write your life.

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