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" That's the kind of music I want SoulBird to represent: music with intelligence and heart, music that moves people in their souls and their bodies. Music with wings. "

India Arie

Music

Kind

Intelligence

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" Your soul is between you and God. "

" 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. "

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

" I always pray when I write songs that my spirit guides, or whoever is with me, inspiring me, would let me speak the truth. "

" The subconscious doesn't distinguish sarcasm and jokes. It just accepts what it hears. That's the power of words. "

" I made a conscious decision when I was recording 'Acoustic Soul' to - and this is one of my mantras - follow the music and let the chips fall where they may. "

India Arie

Decision

Fall

" 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. "

" Denying any person their humanity is a game we should all stop playing. "

" 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. "

" 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

" Between '06 and '09, I dealt with pain by eating. And I was like, 'Oh, crap, eating makes you gain weight!' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If we can just focus our attention where it matters, we can effect change. "

" Obviously, I've been heartbroken. We all know what that feels like. "

India Arie

Heartbroken

Know

" Our food choices show up on our body. "

India Arie

Our

Show

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

" Everybody has their own path. I got mine. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

India Arie

Sing

Listen

" 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. "

" I had been on what seemed to be a hiatus to the outside world, but I was actually working very hard on my health, my emotional health, and my business. "

" I always felt like - I mean, I was told, really - I couldn't go too far with the productions because it didn't appeal to black radio. It wasn't until I decided I was going to do what I wanted to do or I was going to quit that I empowered myself. I took my power back. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "