"It's the people who have lifted me as high as right now. I've never seen these heights before."
The producer says there's been a shift in people's music tastes which have spurred artists to think outside the square.
"We want to make music that does a little bit more than just sound good.
"When you hear Lorde's music, you hear her lyrics, you hear her melody, and you hear her music.
"But you also feel what she's saying."
That kind of connection is what Williams he hopes his new album, G I R L, will achieve.
"When you do something that emotes, even if people don't understand what you're saying language wise, they can feel it.
"There's something that resonates with them."
Read a full review of Pharrell's G I R L here.