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You have to know the forces that are against you and that are trying to break you down. We talk about the problems facing the black community: the decimation of the black family; the mass incarceration of the black man; we're talking about the brutality against black people from the police. The educational system.

~D'Angelo

Topics: About Against Black Black Community Black Family Break Brutality Community Down Educational Facing Family Forces Incarceration Know Man Mass People Police Problems System Talk Talking Trying You

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I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist.

~D'Angelo

Topics: About Always Growing Growth Guitarist Learning Musician Writing

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Aretha Franklin was as important to the civil-rights movement as Malcolm X and Medgar Evers. Artists can choose to take on the tremendous amount of responsibility we have, or choose to ignore it.

~D'Angelo

Topics: Amount Aretha Artists Choose Franklin Ignore Important Malcolm Malcolm X Movement Responsibility Take Tremendous Tremendous Amount

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When I was young, I had an 'aha' moment in church. There was a thing called testimony service, and somebody would sing a song, and everyone else would join in, finding a note where they fit. During one of those, a light went on in my head. In that moment, I heard everything - Parliament, the Staple Singers, Curtis Mayfield, Prince - in there.

~D'Angelo

Topics: Church Else Everyone Everyone Else Everything Finding Fit Had Head Heard Join Light Moment Note Parliament Prince Service Sing Singers Somebody Song Staple Testimony Thing Those Where Would Young

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I learned at an early age that what we were doing in the choir was just as important as the preacher. It was a ministry in itself. We could stir the pot, you know?

~D'Angelo

Topics: Age Choir Could Doing Early Early Age Important Itself Just Know Learned Ministry Pot Preacher Stir Were You

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I grew up teaching parts to choirs, and I love a whole group of voices singing as one.

~D'Angelo

Topics: Choirs Grew Group Love Parts Singing Teaching Up Voices Whole I Love

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Coming up, the music of my era was very conscious. I grew up on Public Enemy, and it was popular culture to be aware. People were wearing Malcolm X T-shirts and Malcolm X hats. It was a very cool thing to know who Malcolm X was. It was all in the lyrics. It was trendy to be conscious and aware.

~D'Angelo

Topics: Aware Coming Conscious Cool Cool Thing Culture Enemy Era Grew Hats Know Lyrics Malcolm Malcolm X Music People Popular Popular Culture Public Thing Trendy Up Very Wearing Were Who T-Shirts

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I played a lot of keyboards, but I really wanted to produce the sound that was in my head that I was trying to emulate on the keys. I wanted to do it for real. And it makes me look at the keys in a different way. So it's like I'm looking at the guitar and bass more like meat and potatoes and keys like coloring over top of it, you know.

~D'Angelo

Topics: Bass Different Different Way Emulate Guitar Head Keyboards Keys Know Like Look Looking Lot Makes Me Meat More Over Played Potatoes Produce Real Really Sound Top Trying Wanted Way You

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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.

~D'Angelo

Topics: After Dawn Got Had Heart Just Me Put Say Share Signed Something Started Think World I Think

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I've always kind of tried to do something that was a little different than just simple 'I love you, baby'-type songs.

~D'Angelo

Topics: Always Different Just Kind Little Love Love You Simple Something Songs Than Tried You I Love I Love You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: February 11th, 1974

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