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" I was scared of failing, and I was scared of succeeding. I just wanted to be in a safe space and not grow too big or be too little. "

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" Neo-soul is really less about a sound than it is about a look, in my opinion. "

" I feel like I'm always gonna sing and write songs because it's me. "

" 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. "

" Music lives in my mother - she's played in bands in Detroit and toured and did the whole thing. So I have somebody who's done it all to just talk to. And we write songs together. "

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

" I always have something by Stevie Wonder in my CD player. "

" 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. "

" It's important to have a place where you can recharge. Everybody's is different, but I do think it should entail quiet because it needs to be where you hear your spirit most clearly. For me, that's the prayer room in my apartment. And since my home is 700 square feet, I mean the coat closet near the front door. "

" I always loved music, but I didn't know if I could be the kind of artist that makes a difference. "

" Joe Sample was one of my heroes. I met him at the Curacao Jazz festival, and I fanned out like he was the Beatles! "

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

" When I perform, I'm just very much just being myself. "

" 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. "

" Saying things on paper that I would never, ever say, and saying things to myself, admitting things to myself, about myself and my personality, just putting it on paper, is how I deal with emotional pain. "

" 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. "

" What I love about Stevie Wonder is the way he makes people feel. He's one of the best examples of how music can heal. "

" At 16, I started really loving country music, and Collin Raye just had the most amazing ballads! "

" It took me almost wanting to retire to realize that you need to ask for what you need. Everybody needs something different, but whatever it is you need, you need to ask for it and figure out how to get it. "

" Listening to 'Songs in the Key of Life' always puts me in a good mood. "

" In Denver, all we really had was pop radio, so I grew up on all that late '70s pop stuff - Billy Joel, James Taylor, Lionel Richie, Elton John, Steve Miller and Toto. Great love songs and really hooky and melodic music - I have all of that stuff in my heart. "

" When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life, so I'm doing emotional work on myself. "

" In this era, soul is not a sound or a color: it's an intention. "

" You deal with what comes to you. If it's something you don't like, you deal with it the best you can. If it's something that you love, you rise to the occasion. "

" I love my brownness. "

" Your soul is between you and God. "

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

" Nobody looked like me when I was growing up. None of the kids were as big as me, or as serious as me, or listened to the same music. "

" Nina Simone sacrificed so much to be as bold as she was about being black and about being female in an era where that could have cost her life. "

" I've always wanted my music to serve a certain purpose. "