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" I think that people have this unrealistic expectation that people are just supposed to love them. I'm sorry to break it you, but ain't nobody supposed to do nothing. "

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Musiq Soulchild

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" I care about music and money. I'm an artist first. "

" The two things I always have to fight for are rest and food... I'm just grateful that I have the energy by the end of the day to do a performance. "

" I haven't had groupies. I had admirers, but not groupies. But I've always been, you know, courted into the friend zone. "

" No one can make you happy. No one can help you grow in life more than you can. I can love you to death, but I can only go so far. I can inspire and encourage you as much as I can, but when you play an active role to find that self-security and that self-worth, it makes the difference. "

" I like to be as positive and as peaceful as possible, but reality says, you know, sometimes you get mad, sometimes you get antsy, sometimes you get aggravated. "

" Love is a lifestyle. You have to become a representation of love. You have to become a pro-active contributor to love. I don't think it's something that you just sit back and wait on. "

" Love is just a word that we've chosen to use to describe something that we can't fully explain. I mean, it's like, as a culture, we've just all agreed on using the term, but I think people get so caught up in the word that they don't allow themselves the privilege to live out what it actually might be. "

" Even before I got the record deal, I never really used singing to get girls. I always felt weird about that. "

" I don't have to prepare any speeches for love. It's something that I engage with on a consistent basis. "

" Expressing myself is what I love most; not having enough time is what I hate about it... I keep to myself, though, when I am on tour, and focus on the tour. "

" I do not try to duplicate anyone's success; I am just really inspired by what they have done. I like the fact that The Roots can tour extensively, put out albums, and be so well received; that takes a lot of work. I really admire that, and it's something that I try to attain myself. "

" I don't want to be trending. Instead of pursuing ideas of being more radio-friendly and... commercial, I want to go harder at being more creative. "

Musiq Soulchild

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" What happens if the music or alter ego isn't well received? The fact that people are talking about it, I won already. "

" Even though I'm really into fashion, I'm into fashion as a means of creative expression. I dress myself according to my personal creative expression... I try to keep it comfortable. I try to keep it simple. "

" I like to entertain people according to what they're saying entertains them. As an artist, musician, songwriter and producer, I sit back and hear it, and... if that's what y'all like, I can do that. "

" I felt that everyone had the same sentiments when it came to love that I did. I felt like if you really cared for somebody, then that was it. It never occurred to me that people could lie about the way they felt about you. I had to learn that the hard way. "

" I don't want to just do what people classify as 'neo-soul' 'cause everybody don't listen to neo-soul. I want to make music for everybody. I'm always trying to incorporate new elements into what I do. "

" I did fine in school. School was cool until I started personally rebelling. "

" I don't believe soul is something you can fake. I'm trying to make my music as real as possible, because I feel this is my form of communicating with the world. "