… symptoms of depression. When people feel depressed, they tend to withdraw from normal activities and social interactions. Furthermore, if a person becomes suicidal, there’s a greater risk that a suicide attempt would go unnoticed and potentially unstopped.
But D’Angelo has moved past all of those things to come back out with another critically-acclaimed album, Black Messiah. The now 47-year-old has grown in both mind and body, and has a new outlook and the support of many friends and family to see him through.
“It feels great. I feel awesome. Now more than ever is the need to sing about social change and to write songs about it. And no one’s doing it. There’s only a chosen couple of people. 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. But I do realize and understand that my role as a musician, and in the medium that I am, that people are listening to me. Kids are listening to me. We have power to influence minds and influence lives.”