American - Musician | October 3, 1975 -
It's OK to wear white in the wintertime. Do what you want.
India Arie
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I love my brownness.
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Some people say, 'If she's so real, why does she call herself with a made-up name?' Well, India is my real name. Or they say, 'If she's so real, why does she wear makeup?' I didn't know there was anything wrong with makeup.
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There are a lot of men who like women with a brain.
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I always have something by Stevie Wonder in my CD player.
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Every once in a while, I find something that I'm interested in just because of the singing, like the Goo Goo Dolls.
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Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it.
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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.
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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.
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Everybody has a spiritual body. Everybody has a physical body, and so your spiritual body is the stuff that holds all of your emotions like your body holds your organs, your food, your muscles, your water. Your spiritual body holds your emotional state and your mental state.
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I'm actually not a fan of the word 'woke.' I think the connotation of that means being socially aware, which is a beautiful thing to be. But it does not take into account being self-aware.
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I was scared of failing, and I was scared of succeeding. I just wanted to be in a safe space and not grow too big or be too little.
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