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 feel different.

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.

Why not be a person who is loving towards humankind as a whole and people as individuals?

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.

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

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.

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.

One of the things that helped me to be confident is to be the kind of musician that I respect. I always liked musicians who wrote their own songs, and so I started writing my own songs.

The thing that makes me feel most alive is knowing that there's something that I have to do that I'm afraid of.

When I perform, I'm just very much just being myself.

I like being a role model - people have told me that I am a role model for empowered women, but I don't see myself that way.

I think anyone who is ever on TV is a role model for somebody.