Raheem DeVaughn

“To be a mother is a beautiful thing, but to be able to assume the role for a child in need is nothing less than amazing. I believe that any woman who takes on the role of a mother, whether it be naturally or through foster care or adoption, should be held in the highest regard.”

“I went to college to find myself. That's where I really realized I wanted to be a recording artist and started on the process of figuring out how to do that.”

“I don't just make music for one audience.”

“When I make my socially conscious songs, I go hard with the lyrical content; I go hard with the imagery.”

“I've always been hands on with my music and my movement.”

“Everything I do has to be poetically done.”

“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.”

“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.”

“A lot of people put out an album, and you never hear from them again. They're working a day job or doing whatever to survive through life.”

“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.”

“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 broke out of my shell once I graduated from high school and got into college in my first year.”

“Frederico Pena is an amazing talented guitarist and producer.”

“I stay in the studio diligently. I'm always trying to create.”

“I feel like every artist has a place in their mind, this place where they exist artistically. And I just want to take people to mine, and my place is called Loveland. In Loveland, there's no war, and there's peace.”

“Since I am an artist, I know the media can pick you apart.”

“Truth be told, in determining what you want and who you want to be with, you will be compromising in certain areas. It can be in the area of appearance or occupation or maybe even certain personality characteristics, but no one person can have everything.”

“Every flaw, scar, or mark you may have adds to your beauty.”

“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.”

“I enjoy being slept on. It's like being on the verge of a cult movement. But making the underground-to-aboveground transition is cool.”