Quotes from India Arie

Sound is energy, and that energy resonates with your energy. And it gives you a certain feeling.

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.

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.

I like Brandy a lot. She's a vocal prodigy.

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

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.

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

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

When someone is themselves through their music, it's soul music. James Taylor is soul music to me 'cause it's just him talking about him. It doesn't have anything to do with black or growing up in the church; it's where it comes from. It's just soul music.

I do believe in prophecy.

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