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

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

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

When you look at athletes, they have fundamentals.

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.

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

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