Quotes from India Arie

I want my music to be a contribution, and I want the people who love me on Earth and in Heaven to be proud of who I am, and I want to be proud of myself, and I don't want to look back and say, 'Oh God, why did I say that?'

Could a person really make a social contribution through music consciously? I mean, beyond making a person happy to hear the song and more making a social contribution consciously through your music? For me, Stevie Wonder is the paragon of that. And I didn't want to be Stevie Wonder, but I did want to do what he does.

I always loved music, but I didn't know if I could be the kind of artist that makes a difference.

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 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.

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

By all of your beauty I am so inspired. Your love has baptized me by fire.

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

If you give me half a chance. I'll prove this to you. I will be patient, kind, faithful and true.

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

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.

The worst disease in the world is hate. And the cure for hate is love.