D'Angelo Quotes

United States, Singer
February 11, 1974

Michael Eugene Archer, better known by his stage name D'Angelo (pronounced dee-Angelo), is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of a Pentecostal minister, he began teaching himself piano as a very young child, and at age 18 he won the amateur talent competition at Harlem's Apollo Theater three weeks in a row. After briefly being a member of a hip-hop group called I.D.U., his first major success came in 1994 as the co-writer and co-producer of "U Will Know".

Also known as Singer-Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist, Record Producer

I'm making black music. That's the only outline for me, really. That's the only boundary to stay with. It's soul music. I'm going all out in those terms.

D'Angelo
- Music
- Soul
- Black
I lived in the house with my mother so she had no choice but to hear what I was doing. I would ask her for her opinion. I used to like doing that because I would let my friends hear what I did, but they listened to it on another level. My mom listened to it with a different ear, because she's older.

D'Angelo
- Different
- She
- Friends

Like I say, it depends on how you do rock-'n'-roll. If you do it right then I think people will appreciate it for what it is.

D'Angelo
- People
- Thinking
- Rock
I haven't had the time to do a lot of writing. But nothing's really changed about me. It's just my day-to-day activities have changed, and as a person, I have to adapt to those changes.

D'Angelo
- Time
- Writing
- Changed
Since I started playing, really, since I was like three. I imagined myself famous but the vision was blurry, I guess. What you see on TV isn't a realistic picture.

D'Angelo
- Vision
- Picture
- Famous
It's not too hard to play Fender Rhodes keyboard if you get the right one, with some good action on the keys. If you got an old one that ain't been touched up, it could be kind of difficult to get real loose on it.

D'Angelo
- Up
- Good
- Real