A biography for Raheem DeVaughnhasn’t been written yet.
“Kids should be able eat and have health care.”
“We live in a world where there is so much wealth. There shouldn't be a homeless person. That's crazy.”
“I think you have some artists who try to be as conscious as they can be.”
“The music that I write, I have to actually own it and live by it, which is cool. It's no problem.”
“The best thing I can do is stay on the road and build a grass-roots following. I'm constantly about building my brand.”
“The strength it takes to love, mold, and nurture a child should be honored every single day.”
“I have songs - even from my first album, I've always been on some socially conscience/love whatever music, you know?”
“I love women - all types, all colors, petite, plus size. But in particular, I was raised by black women, and I feel like there is just something beautiful about black women.”
“There's a difference between making the music for a check vs. what you think you should be doing artistically and creatively.”
“I just feel like there's a lot of great R&B songs out there with nobody to sing them.”
“I want to be that guy who gives you an album every 12 months.”
“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'm constantly trying to create timeless music that many people can gravitate to.”
“I walked away from the Jive Records situation, but I still have a great relationship with a lot of the workers and a lot of people who were in that system that have moved on to other places. I felt like being there; it totally wasn't understood what the Raheem DeVaughn movement was about.”
“Like, music and songs, what we do, we can capture history as artists, so that's what I really try to do.”
“Being an entertainer, my path to inner peace is engulfed in the music that I create. While it is therapeutic for those who hear it, it is equally therapeutic for me to create.”
“I put my own money up when I have a vision and believe in something. If you want a company to put money into something, then most of the time, they want to water your project down. When it's your money, it's your vision from the beginning to the end result.”
“I think we live in a constant state of emergency.”
“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.”
“Anything that exposes the arts more, that gives us an outlet to make money and also do what we enjoy doing as artists and to connect with the fans, I'm all for it.”