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" I'm kind of like a folk singer mixed with soul, but I feel like if you really are a lover of hip-hop music, make the beat banging as possible and then put the message in so that people get the honey with the medicine. "

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" Just like the air you breathe or the water you drink, music shapes you. The trouble is, most people don't use it to spread love and healing. But I think music can make a social contribution if you're responsible with it. "

India Arie

Music

Healing

You

" I am really excited to be partnering with Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula. Aside from being a longtime fan of their products, they're a family business with a strong ethical foundation, and that makes us a great match. "

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

" I'm actually not a fan of the word 'woke.' I think the connotation of that means being socially aware, which is a beautiful thing to be. But it does not take into account being self-aware. "

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

" I've spent my entire life trying to figure out why I was different than everybody else. Why is my voice so deep? Why am I so muscular? "

" 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. "

India Arie

Best

Deal

" I'm really judgmental, especially about things that I feel make my life harder. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

India Arie

You

Need

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

India Arie

Life

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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'm not just making rhymes and making melodies. I'm expressing my true life force, energy. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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 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

Hero

Eye

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

" For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness. "

India Arie

Forgiveness

Healing

" I write about my experiences, so a lot of times, I do write about people. "

" 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. "

" Songs like 'Peaceful World' and songs that are responsible with their lyrics and talk about love and harmony can take the forefront and do something for real. "

" 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. "