“I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as ...” — D'Angelo Quote

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

“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.”

“I think it just takes one little snowflake to start a snowball to go down the hill. My contribution and, say, Kendrick Lamar's and some chosen others' start the snowball. That's all I can hope for. I don't know if I'm comfortable being quote-unquote a leader.”

“I would like to have seen my sons growing up.”

“I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.”

“I make mistakes growing up. I'm not perfect; I'm not a robot.”