Raphael Saadiq Quotes

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

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

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#3. He loved us personally ... centuries before we were born.

Peter Julian Eymard

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

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#5. One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn't merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.

Novalis

#6. One day during filming, George Clooney was wearing his surf shirt and board shorts, and my six-year-old daughter was in the background as an extra, playing in the sand - playing herself. She and Clooney suddenly looked equally Hawaiian, equally related to the place I call home.

Kaui Hart Hemmings

#7. People were animals, and animals were nothing but teeth. You bit first, and you bit often. That was the only way to survive.

Frances Hardinge

#8. Cats 25 years younger can't run with me.

Raphael Saadiq

#9. We're all black when the lights go out.

Lil Jon

#10. I'm using more energy than ever.

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#11. I tend to absorb a lot of what other people are feeling.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

#12. Growing up in the Bay Area, I played early on with these quartet groups who set guidelines for me. I remember the guys would all have the same clothes and shoes, like these uniforms. I was in awe.

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#13. I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in my life.

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#14. Love Is Like Oxygen Be Breath(appreciate) It Only .

Sushil Singh

#15. Know what you want to emphasize, then do it daily.

Larry Shyatt

#16. I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can.

Albert Schweitzer

#17. You can go on 'Saturday Night Live' now and not even play live.

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#18. When I come to London now it's like being in L.A., because they know me like I'm at home.

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#19. My dad's not a very intimidating father figure.

Georgia Jagger

#20. Every suit I wear is custom-made by a guy named Waraire Boswell in L.A.

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#21. When you look at athletes, they have fundamentals.

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#22. The industrial society ... recognises nothing except the power to acquire ... No other kind of hope or satisfaction or pleasure can any longer be envisaged within the culture of capitalism.

John Berger

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

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#24. The best time to do something is when it can be done.

William Pickens

#25. My mission has always been to do something that suits everybody.

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#26. You know all these stadiums that U2 are playing? I've played in them. And I'm building up to it again.

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#27. I'm wishing this was something else I was writing, but, Pops, we've got to let you know we love you and know you'll always be with us.

Anthony Mason

#28. Love doesn't have to be like a thunderbolt; you can meet someone and fall in lov anytime. Sometimes it's just always been there... thing is... you never noticed...

S.M. Mala

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

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

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

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

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#33. I have musician friends who play too much golf, and they're not as good at music anymore.

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

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