From GQ:

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/dave-chappelle-gq-men-of-the-year-cover.html

On the prospect of seeing another D’Angelo album:

“I’d like to think so. I haven’t talked to him personally in a while, but the last time I called him, he had a long outgoing message on his machine. It was like a Malcolm X speech. And the last part was so intense. He was like, “The price of freedom is death!” Beeeep! I didn’t even leave that dude a message. I just hung up the phone. Like, just listening to D’Angelo’s answering machine puts you on the no-fly list, it’s so militant. When a guy goes away like that, they might not come back for any number of reasons. Yesterday I was watching this YouTube video, and it’s William F. Buckley interviewing Muhammad Ali when Ali was banned from boxing. And one of the guys on the panel asks Ali, “Do you miss being the heavyweight champion of the world?” Ali is like, “What makes you think I’m not still the champ? I’m still the champ.” The guy replied, “Wait, no, no, no—that’s not what I mean. Do you miss boxing and blah blah blah?” And Ali is like, “Nah, I don’t miss boxing. As a matter of fact, I could call my sparring partner today. I could box all afternoon. I miss boxing for money.” In other words, in his mind, just because he wasn’t in the public eye, his title was no less legitimate. And his capabilities were no less legitimate. He looked at it like, “I’m just being separated from my livelihood, not what I love.” So I look at a guy like D’Angelo and I’m like, I’m sure he’s still making music. It’s just a matter of whether or not he wants to share that with us or not.”

DC understands perspective............

That makes too much sense!!

D definitely has strong views about certain things.

Yeah, whatever...

hey Script.

Hey, MS Trina!!!!

Sounds like Dave has too much Jonz in his bones.

[Edited 11/18/14 23:44pm]

I think Dave is very diplomatic, understanding and complimentary in this interview. (He´s also very diplomatic and honest when he talks about Tyler Perry in the same interview).

I love the analogy that Dave uses here, and while his mention of D´Angelo´s answerphone message does sound a bit funny, one can also tell that Dave totally understands D´Angelo´s situation and can probably relate to it.

Dave comes across as a very deep thinker and generally nice person in this interview. Very enjoyable read. He seems like the person I´d like to hang around and chat with. Cool dude.

KoolEaze said:

I think Dave is very diplomatic, understanding and complimentary in this interview. (He´s also very diplomatic and honest when he talks about Tyler Perry in the same interview).

I love the analogy that Dave uses here, and while his mention of D´Angelo´s answerphone message does sound a bit funny, one can also tell that Dave totally understands D´Angelo´s situation and can probably relate to it.

Dave comes across as a very deep thinker and generally nice person in this interview. Very enjoyable read. He seems like the person I´d like to hang around and chat with. Cool dude.

Slightly off topic but Dave also sheds some new light on Lauryn Hill´s situation. Very good interview.

Great interview. He says that Lauryn Hill can't perform some of her own catalog because of some legal situation she's in.. is that true?

TheGoldStandard said:

I can't recall any article or "official" statement regarding Lauryn & her music, but I do suspect it has to do with royalties/revenues from shows and her radical reinvention as the "Ms. Lauryn Hill" show, a touring artist. Almost any recorded piece of music she has made since "Miseducation" has been a sour reminder of her dissatisfaction with how her talent is portrayed. The songs in the live show sound nothing like the commerical releases. Its sort of brilliant/punk but I'm team L-Boogie all day since Vocab.

Oh yeah, that makes sense. thanks!

KoolEaze said:

I think Dave is very diplomatic, understanding and complimentary in this interview. (He´s also very diplomatic and honest when he talks about Tyler Perry in the same interview).

I love the analogy that Dave uses here, and while his mention of D´Angelo´s answerphone message does sound a bit funny, one can also tell that Dave totally understands D´Angelo´s situation and can probably relate to it.

Dave comes across as a very deep thinker and generally nice person in this interview. Very enjoyable read. He seems like the person I´d like to hang around and chat with. Cool dude.

Agree, great post