I want people to walk into a place when I'm working at or where I live and just feel really warm.

And I think that's a therapy for me, maybe because of the stuff I went through with my, you know, my family.

And I don't need anything just dark.

I really love the light.

This is death, sex, and money.

You know, you've never got a crowd this big at my funeral.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

That bass player is a big.

And need to talk about more.

Book a band, blow up a few balloons.

People pay out to ask for that shit, don't they?

I'm on a sale.

Raphael Sadiq grew up in Oakland, California.

He was just out of high school and hanging around a studio with friends when they got a call.

It was a guy who was lining up musicians for Sheila E's band for her world tour with Prince.

He said, is there anyone up there that can sing a dance and play bass? And that was

a quote from Purple Rain. Can anybody sing a dance? I went next day. I went to the audition.

It was maybe 20 to 30 people outside, like bass players, sort of dressed like Prince.

I had like 501s on like a derby jacket.

And I'll just remember somebody else had already got the gig.

And when I started playing, they gave me the gig.

And next thing you know we're in Tokyo,

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