African people worldwide are known to be welcoming and open-minded. — Jill Scott Africa Copy Share Image
For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible. — Jill Scott Dream Copy Share Image
I am a woman, I make mistakes. I make them often. God has given me a talent and that's it. — Jill Scott Failure Copy Share Image
When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything. — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Your background it ain't squeaky clean shit. Sometimes we all got to swim upstream. — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
He knows my heart and that's the part. Your roots are dug up so you might as well give up. — Jill Scott Heart Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave. — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Let's take a long walk around the park after dark. Find a spot for us to spark, conversation, verbal elation, stimulation. — Jill Scott Communication Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time.… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I like to be in the now, now. Sometimes musicians have to wait for me to be genuine with it. As an… — Jill Scott Action Copy Share Image
Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost. — Jill Scott Humans Copy Share Image
It's frustrating me - that booty is gonna sag at some point. And if you allow enough people to come inside your… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I truly loved being pregnant and feeling what was going on inside my body and watching it change. It's difficult to recoup,… — Jill Scott Being pregnant Copy Share Image
'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
For anyone who feels they are overwhelmed by their job, or maybe they take their job too seriously or are working too… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
When I auditioned with Anthony Minghella (The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency), I loved the audition process, although I hated him for… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Most of the time, particularly with this record, 'The Light of the Sun,' I really just been standing in front of a… — Jill Scott Couple Copy Share Image
At my aunt's funeral, I promised myself that I wouldn't be bound by the belief that I'm supposed to stay in anything… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
For my writing, and because I love talking to young women about life, I often asked them which would they rather have… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I don't want to force anything on anyone. I'm not trying to bust you over the head and make you buy this… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters… — Jill Scott Acting Copy Share Image
I'd been told that when you first put your feet on African ground, you'll be hit by a feeling of overwhelming understanding,… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Everything starts with writing. I heard Nikki Giovanni and was blown away. I just thought 'wow'; she was writing from a black… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
You cannot hate on me 'cause my mind is free. Feel my destiny, so shall it be. You cannot hate on me… — Jill Scott Destiny Copy Share Image
If I could give you the world on a silver platter Would it even matter? You'd still be mad at me. If… — Jill Scott Flower Copy Share Image
All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever… — Jill Scott Actor Copy Share Image
Balancing is hard. I've lost roles that I really wanted because I had set up a tour. I cancelled tours to do… — Jill Scott Audience Copy Share Image
I think what irks me is that I feel like women are really being compartmentalized physically, and it's been done so much… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
There's a certain level of realness in Philly. You know, just - people are people. You know, it doesn't matter who you… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
But the reality honestly...you where never good for me and I was never good for you. I just remember what we used… — Jill Scott Being real Copy Share Image
I'd love to work with Missy Elliott. I'd love to work with Bonnie Raitt. I'd love, love, love to work with Barbra… — Jill Scott Love Copy Share Image
I'm going to be a strict mum. I know that love is the most important thing - you've got to have lots… — Jill Scott Discipline Copy Share Image
In Philadelphia, you are welcome, and that's The City of Brotherly Love. I think that makes us culturally thick and sound, so… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Being a mom, it feels like I did something so powerful and amazing. It's such a gigantic blessing, and a confirmation that… — Jill Scott Being a mom Copy Share Image
Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in… — Jill Scott Art Copy Share Image
When I write a song, I tap into the emotion and the feeling and then I use the emotion to write the… — Jill Scott Emotion Copy Share Image
Nikki Giovanni! I got a book of hers from the library, and there was this woman who could paint me on paper… — Jill Scott Book Copy Share Image
