Jill Scott Quotes
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When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.
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I'm going to do as much as I can with this life, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and ride my bike and hang out with friends.
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Sometimes I felt as a writer I was purging, and it almost hurt to purge to that level. Now it doesn't feel that way, maybe because I'm older. Maybe life has given me some punches, but it didn't knock me down.
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My grandmother told me: 'Never be in debt to anyone or anything.' Which is probably why I've never been financially extravagant - I still go to Costco. I'm always conscious of living within my means.
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Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place.
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Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in my art. Why? Because I'm an artist and I have to.
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There are a lot of difficulties with people trying to conceive.
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Most of the time, particularly with this record, 'The Light of the Sun,' I really just been standing in front of a microphone and blacking out musically, you know. I'd come back a couple hours later and there's six songs from beginning to end, you know? I don't know what I'm going to say. I don't know how I'm going to say it.
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I'm being all of me, and it feels stupendous. I don't want to leave this feeling.
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I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice.
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I'm a secret interior decorator. There's a mural on my dining room wall of the railroad tracks at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. I love having my hometown with me out here in California.
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My grill is intended to be discreet. It's there because I enjoy jewelry.
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Singing and acting suit me. I made a vow to myself to do everything that I can do with this life that I have, and I have to find the time to do this. Sometimes I need to be an actress. Sometimes I don't need to be Jill. However, everyone is always looking for the Jill in everything.
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There are black marriages that are still going strong 40 years later. You hear so many myths that there aren't any people making it, but there are. As long as there are some, there's hope.
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People think that lemon is good for the voice, but it dries it out.
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I'm sorry that 'Fringe' is gone. I really wanted to do more on that show. It was great!
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I think, as an artist, you have to have experienced some deep turmoil, some kind of pain, because that's what connects you with the world. That's what makes it juicy!
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When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.
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Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives.
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I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship.
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I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.
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I need to find creative diversity because if I get stuck, I get unhappy.
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I never expected the White House to be warm, and the artwork on the walls was extraordinary. I am a fan of the Louvre, but being there it was almost just as good.
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I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?