A Relative(ly) (Well-Rounded) Life

I know how this may come across—-cocky, bias, but I really pride myself on being fair…but Black women are innately fly. Not bragging, just facts.

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. my name makes you want to tell me the truth. my name doesn’t allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.

D’Angelo on the effects of the ‘Untitled’ video

One time I got mad when a female threw money at me onstage, and that made me feel like f-cked-up, and I threw the money back at her. I was like, ‘I’m not a stripper.’

On the last day of the eight-month tour, Questlove says D’Angelo told him, “Yo, man, I cannot wait until this f-cking tour is over. I’m going to go in the woods, drink some hooch, grow a beard, and get fat.” Questlove thought he was joking. “I was like, ‘You’re a funny guy.’ And then it started to happen.That’s how much he wanted to distance himself.

Stay far from timid/ only make moves when your heart’s in it/ and live the phrase sky’s the limit…….see you chumps on top!