Saadiq Raphael Quotes & Sayings

Break open
A cherry tree
And there are no flowers;
But the spring breeze
Brings forth myriad blossoms. — Ikkyu

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

A man with a good coat upon his back meets with a better reception than he who has a bad one. — Samuel Johnson

I'm using more energy than ever. — Raphael Saadiq

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

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

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

The stairs creaked. They always creaked when creaking could lead to your death, and they never creaked when creaking didn't matter. The universe is anthropic, meaning that its design makes possible and sustains intelligent life, especially human beings. Nevertheless, I perceive some power, some presence, some adversary behind the scenes that by countless devices subtle or blunt seeks to destroy us. — Dean Koontz

Cats 25 years younger can't run with me. — Raphael Saadiq

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

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

You can go on 'Saturday Night Live' now and not even play live. — Raphael Saadiq

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

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. — Raphael Saadiq

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

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

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. — Raphael Saadiq

I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened. — Jimmy Page

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

The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as the greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure. — John Ruskin

Had the Holy Spirit not been with Jesus, He would have sinned — Benny Hinn

Love be damned now as love was damned when it first arrived. — Charles Bukowski

You have no idea how many strong and impossible things you are capable of. — Lauren Kate

My mission has always been to do something that suits everybody. — Raphael Saadiq

It isn't the subjects we write about but the seriousness and subtlety of our expression that determines the worth of or effort. — Joyce Carol Oates

For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure. — Richard Cobden

On October 19, 1949, I got a telephone call from the Philadelphia (A's) front office informing me I had been traded to the White Sox for Joe Tipton. I was surprised and hurt. — Nellie Fox

Every suit I wear is custom-made by a guy named Waraire Boswell in L.A. — Raphael Saadiq

When you look at athletes, they have fundamentals. — Raphael Saadiq

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

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

Don Vicente, a monk of the Convent of Pobla in Aragon, murdered several collectors in order to get their best books; — Harold Rabinowitz