Anthony J. D'Angelo

Voodoo is the second studio album by American musician D'Angelo, released on January 25, 2000, through Virgin Records. D'Angelo recorded the album during 1997 and 1999 at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, with an extensive line-up of musicians associated with the Soulquarians musical collective. Produced primarily by the singer, Voodoo features a loose, groove-based funk sound and serves as a departure from the more conventional song structure of his debut album, Brown Sugar (1995). Its lyrics explore themes of spirituality, love, sexuality, maturation, and fatherhood.

Quotes

Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.
Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find.
Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.
Experience is not what happens to us, rather it is what we do with what happens to us.
Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness.
Know people for who they are rather than for what they are.
Set high standards and few limitations for yourself.
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
Always be nice to secretaries. They are the real gatekeepers in the world.
Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart.
The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.
If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.
If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.
Give more than take.
Continually strive to improve yourself.
Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites.
Not only are you what you think you are, more so; what you think, you are.
Don't fear change, embrace it.
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.