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" For the first ten years of my career, I felt suffocated. People constantly stood over me while I tried to create. And in 2009, I hit rock bottom. I couldn't find myself because I was looking to be defined by the music industry or by being number one on the Billboard charts. "

India Arie

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" Your soul is between you and God. "

" I love my brownness. "

India Arie

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" I hope that the things that I sing about will be an inspiration for people to be original. "

" Even when it doesn't look good, it's always good. Even the worst thing, there's always something good that comes out of it. I've learned that. "

" Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it. "

India Arie

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" There's a difference in being opinionated and judgmental; I'm still trying to figure out what that fine line is - I think we are all. "

" I am on an album with theater icon Billy Porter called the 'Soul of Richard Rodgers.' Our duet is called 'Carefully Taught.' "

" There's just something creatively fulfilling about watching a movie and writing a song for it because it helps you put on another pair of shoes. "

" Some people say, 'If she's so real, why does she call herself with a made-up name?' Well, India is my real name. Or they say, 'If she's so real, why does she wear makeup?' I didn't know there was anything wrong with makeup. "

" I like being a role model - people have told me that I am a role model for empowered women, but I don't see myself that way. "

" I loved her music and the fact that she was a classically trained pianist and that her voice was so unique, but what made Nina Simone my hero is that I had never seen anyone in the public eye who looked anything like me at all, ever. "

India Arie

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" What I love about Christmas music is it stays around every year and comes back. "

" I know the things I say go out of my own mouth and into my own ears. "

India Arie

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" Now that I have better producer chops, a country album is something I want to do one day. I don't know who's going to put it out. But when I do, I don't think people will call it 'country music.' They'll probably call it 'neo-soul.' "

" I think anyone who is ever on TV is a role model for somebody. "

" I've been trying to arrive at a person who is self-defined and able to make my own mistakes rather than having other people make them for me. "

" 'Open Door' was a world music project and bilingual. It was in Hebrew and English, and it's great. I do think it's really beautiful. But it's very emotional and very dark - in a good way. "

" I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer. Many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical. My grandparents sang and played blues piano. It's literally in my blood. "

" If I were not a black artist but I was still singing, playing guitar, and singing ballads that are spiritual and cerebral, I'd be easier to market because people accept that from white female singer-songwriters faster. "

" It's cool to hear my songs on the radio. But for me, that's just a way to get more people to have the option of choosing my music. "

" I know that I pray a lot, and I take time for myself. "

" To spread love, healing, peace, and joy is my mission in life - and so I speak up. "

" Everybody has a spiritual body. Everybody has a physical body, and so your spiritual body is the stuff that holds all of your emotions like your body holds your organs, your food, your muscles, your water. Your spiritual body holds your emotional state and your mental state. "

" If I don't have the right clothes, I feel weird walking out; I don't feel comfortable in what I have on. I have different colors that I want to wear on different days because it makes me feel different. "

" It's not my place to say how Zoe Saldana perceives herself, and I can't say how anybody else perceives her, either. I see her as a black person of Hispanic origin, but I don't even know what that really means, because I don't know anything about race and Hispanic culture. "

" I'm in show business, and I'm an entertainer, but I also see myself as an artist doing social and spiritual work. "

" Just to keep myself balanced, I do things like yoga and meditation. "

" It was challenging getting myself into the mindset to lose the weight. Once I got there, the weight dropped off quickly. "

" In my opinion, you just have to make the music. Make the music and work as hard as you can to get it out there. "