"Focus on who you are becoming not what you are doing"

“I like to kind of change my performance so that there's more to play with in the editing suite. At the same time I think by the time you've done say 55 takes you're exhausted and you've kind of lost the power behind it that you had on take #1 or take #2.”

Source : Source: collider.com

“Some people only look at the good stuff and some people only look at the bad stuff.”

Source : Source: collider.com

“When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.”

“I was terrified to do 'G.I. Joe.' I had no idea how to do one of those movies. I was kind of scared. You know, if one of those doesn't work, it's a huge hit on your career. People are like, 'Well he couldn't make a $170 million movie work. I don't want him in my film.”

“You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.”

“You don't have a right to vote, you've got a duty of vote.”

“Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on underground - as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don't see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.”

“Music, especially as an adolescent, helps to build identity because that's when people start developing a sense of self. You can kind of tell based on what music a person listens to what kind of person they'll be pretty much for the rest of their life.”

Source : "Q+A: Socially conscious crooner Aloe Blacc brings a little heart and soul to the Cosmopolitan". Interview with Andrea Domanick, lasvegassun.com. July 26, 2012.