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

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'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.'

I've always loved people that's been around for a long time, like old shoes.

The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the quality of their lives, and stunted their creativity.

I'd rather do community service than sit and write a load of Christmas cards.

In a world that has ceased to believe in sin, the artist is responsible for the preaching.

The most distinguished merit of those two officers was their respective prowess, of the one in the combats of Bacchus, of the other in those of Venus.

I have to take off my hat to Matt, he's trying crazy hard to get this fire started.

Hoarding knowledge ultimately erodes your power. If you know something important, the way to get power is by sharing it.

People don't change at their core. If you're a good person, you are a good person. What changes is our behavior.

We take refuge in pride, because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves.

What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha within - the awakened nature we all possess.

Hollywood, it's just like high school. Whoever is pretty and popular, everyone wants to be with.