Quotes from Raheem DeVaughn

At the end of the day, I just like to make the best music that I can make and put it out to the world and see how they respond to it.

When things happen socially in our community, as artists, we've got the right to exercise our voices if we choose to, use our powers for good.

We are all on a journey to mastering our inner peace.

I try to stay away from yes-men in my crew of immediate friends and peers. You got people that will tell you you're the greatest ever, but I need people that can tell me where I need to improve. I can respect the honest opinion.

It's never my goal to throw any of my peers under the bus.

No diss to any of my homies, but I pay very close attention to what people say about me.

When you talk about the exchange of energy between performer and audience and audience and performer, I hope that I'm one of the best.

I've blown myself up as a revolutionary and conscious artist. As a philanthropist and a performer.

Like, music and songs, what we do, we can capture history as artists, so that's what I really try to do.

Once you step foot on the Supreme Court steps, you lose your first-amendment rights. I don't see how, as an American citizen, you can't go to the Supreme Court steps and speak your mind or speak your piece peacefully.

Patience is timing, just being humble and being the most quiet person in the room.

In this life, we are in a constant search for inner peace. We long for it in all aspects of our lives, both personally and professionally. The truth is that we cannot have inner peace without balance. It seems that having too much or too little of anything completely throws off our balance, therefore limiting our inner peace.

'Footprints On The Moon' plans to inspire and incite positive and catalytic change.

We all have friends that we confide in and talk to about our relationships. At times, we do not recognize the effect that this has on our relationship. We take a lot of what other people have to say to heart, and rightly or wrongly, it makes our way into our relationships.

I think you have some artists who try to be as conscious as they can be.

All of my songs were about my firsthand experiences. Pretty much, I've learned how to become my own muse and take situations from my own life and wear them on my sleeve.

I think we live in a constant state of emergency.

I'm constantly reinventing myself. It's a constant thing that I do.

There's a difference between making the music for a check vs. what you think you should be doing artistically and creatively.

If you are going to believe in the fairy tale of 'Mr. Right,' then you need to keep everything in perspective. Know the things that make you happy. Know the things that enable and/or hinder your growth.

Frederico Pena is an amazing talented guitarist and producer.

Whenever I am faced with someone spreading negativity in my relationship, I remember the old saying, 'Misery loves company.' I am also reminded to be mindful of the company you keep. Sometimes you cannot see a hater until you are happy. It is then that they demonstrate their negativity.

When you go pick out my album, the money actually comes to me and my company directly.

I like to think that everything I do is tastefully done and doesn't come off necessarily like ratchet or something that tears women down. I like to make tasteful, seductive music.