My UK fans are quite similar to the States but they pay much more attention to the details, that I like. They listen, party, and dance moving through the changing moods of the music with me.

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.'

I love doing comedy. Absolutely love it. After 'Wedding Crashers, ' people suddenly realized that it was something I could do.

My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.

I know very well that I have no reason to feel aggrieved - I am fully aware of how lucky I am, but knowing it and still being down makes me hate myself all the more.

Spirits are as real as the powers they personify.

If a country is producing guns, it becomes an immoral entity and no immorals ever have the right to talk about any kind of morality!

I did a radio interview; the DJ's first question was "Who are you?" I had to think. Is this guy really deep, or did I drive to the wrong station?

I do genre films because I like them, or because I need the money.

Getting to the pint where the other is not the enemy is a big leap.

We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive.

This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry. You have to be on deck all the time, but you do not have the time to do the album. It is an energy, it must be present in everyday life.