D'Angelo (Michael Eugene Archer) Quotes
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.
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I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.
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The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.
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I feel like I'm a natural-born playwright, but the prose thing has always mystified me. How to keep it going? How do people do it, for years and years?
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When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And I've been pegged as 'ethnically ambiguous.'
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.
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I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.
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I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.
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As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
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Lady Gaga is my name. If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don't really know me at all.
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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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Kelly Clarkson definitely reminds me of Motown. She's pop, but she's also very, very soulful.
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There's not a blueprint for me to follow.
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I don't have a director. The audience directs me.
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I'm working on bridging the gap between mainstream famous and Internet famous. They're two different things, but eventually, social media will be the way to become a celebrity.
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One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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I was at a photo shoot, and I was wearing a cross necklace that my mom bought me, and somebody made a joke like, 'Why are you wearing a cross? Like you would be religious.' And then they took it away. I was really affected by that. The whole thing made me realize that I do want a cross with me at all times.
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It's easy to get buried in the past when you try to make a good thing last.
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Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.
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I can discern that certain things have an effect on certain other things, but I don't view those effects as good or bad. If a context and a goal is defined, I could say if it's good or bad. But overall, I don't view things as good or bad.
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In the duel of sex woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft.
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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.
