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 te…

- D'Angelo

I'm closest to the music when I'm onstage with the band, playing.

- D'Angelo

I don't know how I want to come across looking, really. I just look how I am.

- D'Angelo

I don't know what scared me about Marvin Gaye. I just know that he was scary, and that all of his... his aura was frightening to me. I can't explain …

- D'Angelo

In Europe they're more calm, more reserved. Here, in the States, people are more wild, a little more open. I guess it takes a lot to impress those pe…

- D'Angelo

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 t…

- D'Angelo

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 real…

- D'Angelo

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

Prince is extremely soulful, but he can get real rock-'n'-rollish. So can Lenny Kravitz. Lenny's real soulful but he's got that rock with him, too. O…

- D'Angelo