Back in the day people made music to go on tour. They didn't make music to make a video.

If you want to be like the greats, you learn from the greats.

I liked the name Saadiq and didn't want to be known as an artist as Raphael Wiggins.

When you love what you do, it pays off, and that's the best reward you could have.

The way to stay inspired and motivated is by doing what you like, doing what you love.

If you really love music, people can tell if you love music. You have to just stick with it.

It's the adrenaline rush you only get from being in front of an audience. It's addictive.

I just follow great people. If you want to play like a pro, you learn from the pros.

I'm using more energy than ever.

Frustrations are going to be there in every profession you're in.

Isaac Hayes told me once, 'There's no such thing as old-school. Either you went to school or you didn't.'

Ever since her diagnosis, she’s been fading like a light bulb with cancer’s hand on the rotary dimmer.

Everything is About To Change.

I have a troubled relationship with Hunter S. Thompson, not just because he kicked me out of a bar but also because it's become clear to me that he was not a good person.

It feels a lot colder when you're shoveling snow than when you're building a snow fort.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning.

Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety, good and happiness of the people.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it.

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most.