India Arie

“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 fee...”

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

“Every once in a while, I find something that I'm interested in just because of the singing, like the Goo Goo Dolls.”

“Everything in my music has always been emotionally and spiritually motivated... But after I started doing yoga, the place where I came from changed drastically.”

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

“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 th...”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“You need to take care of you and fortify yourself and then move out to take care of others.”

“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,...”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“In hindsight, I feel like I made the right decision to choose production that would get played on black radio.”

“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...”

“So many people have been abused. It's not rare; it's a very common human experience, and we survive.”