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With 'Acoustic Soul,' I saw my music as sparse. But I didn't do that because I was making a commitment to be commercial. That's what made 'Acoustic Soul' so difficult to produce. It took 2 1/2 years because I couldn't figure out what I wanted and still be commercial. - India Arie
#Commitment
#Difficult
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#Music
#Soul
I hope that the things that I sing about will be an inspiration for people to be original. - India Arie
#Be Original
#Hope
#People
#Things
#Will
Our food choices show up on our body. - India Arie
#Body
#Choices
#Food
#Show
#Up
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. - India Arie
#Best
#Love
#Music
#People
#Way
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. - India Arie
#Hip-Hop
#Honey
#Medicine
#Music
#Soul
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. - India Arie
#Black
#Myself
#Power
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#Radio
The thing that makes me feel most alive is knowing that there's something that I have to do that I'm afraid of. - India Arie
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#Alive
#Feel
#Knowing
#Me
I always loved music, but I didn't know if I could be the kind of artist that makes a difference. - India Arie
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#Difference
#Know
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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. - India Arie
#Black
#Bold
#Her
#Life
#She
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. - India Arie
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#Look
#Something
#Worst
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
#Healing
#Love
#Music
#People
#Water
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
#Find
#Me
#Music
#Myself
#People
In hindsight, I feel like I made the right decision to choose production that would get played on black radio. - India Arie
#Black
#Decision
#Radio
#Right Decision
You need to take care of you and fortify yourself and then move out to take care of others. - India Arie
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#Need
#Others
#Take Care
#Yourself
To spread love, healing, peace, and joy is my mission in life - and so I speak up. - India Arie
#Joy
#Life
#Love
#Mission
#Peace
The subconscious doesn't distinguish sarcasm and jokes. It just accepts what it hears. That's the power of words. - India Arie
#Jokes
#Just
#Power
#Sarcasm
#Words
Listening to 'Songs in the Key of Life' always puts me in a good mood. - India Arie
#Good Mood
#Good
#Life
#Me
#Mood
So many people have been abused. It's not rare; it's a very common human experience, and we survive. - India Arie
#Experience
#Human
#People
#Rare
#Survive
What I love about Christmas music is it stays around every year and comes back. - India Arie
#Back
#Christmas
#Every
#Love
#Music
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. - India Arie
#Business
#Hard
#Health
#Outside
#World
For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness. - India Arie
#Forgiveness
#Healing
#Me
#Process
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