--- title: "1 Ask Need Quotes By India Arie" description: "1 Ask Need quotes by India Arie. Plus more from India Arie and more Ask Need sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/india-arie-3506_figure_it-took-me-almost-wanting-to-retire-to-r_2531903.jpg" --- > [It took me almost wanting to retire to realize that you need to ask for what you need. Everybody needs something different, but whatever it is you need, you need to ask for it and figure out how to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/it-took-me-almost-wanting-to-retire-to-realize-that-you-need-to-ask/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/india-arie-3506_figure_it-took-me-almost-wanting-to-retire-to-r_2531903.jpg) ## More by India Arie > [I've always wanted my music to serve a certain purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-ve-always-wanted-my-music-to-serve-a-certain-purpose/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [The only thing constant in this world is change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/the-only-thing-constant-in-this-world-is-change/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life, so I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/when-it-comes-down-to-the-song-writing-i-m-just-very-slow-very-slow/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [In this era, soul is not a sound or a color: it's an intention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/in-this-era-soul-is-not-a-sound-or-a-color-it-s-an-intention/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/basically-i-listen-to-voices-if-they-write-good-songs-and-they-can/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer. Many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-was-born-in-love-with-music-my-mother-is-a-singer-many-of-my-aunts/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [Keep your expensive cars and your caviar. Alls I need is my guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/keep-your-expensive-cars-and-your-caviar-alls-i-need-is-my-guitar/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [“By all of your beauty I am so inspired. Your love has baptized me by fire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/by-all-of-your-beauty-i-am-so-inspired-your-love-has-baptized-me-by/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [I am on an album with theater icon Billy Porter called the 'Soul of Richard Rodgers.' Our duet is called 'Carefully Taught.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-am-on-an-album-with-theater-icon-billy-porter-called-the-soul-of/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [There are a lot of men who like women with a brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/there-are-a-lot-of-men-who-like-women-with-a-brain/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [I like being a role model - people have told me that I am a role model for empowered women, but I don't see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-like-being-a-role-model-people-have-told-me-that-i-am-a-role-model/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [Neo-soul is really less about a sound than it is about a look, in my opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/neo-soul-is-really-less-about-a-sound-than-it-is-about-a-look-in-my/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [To a man who loves music. A man who loves art. Respect's the spirit world and thinks with his heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/to-a-man-who-loves-music-a-man-who-loves-art-respect-s-the-spirit/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [Simplicity only means making peace with the complexity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/simplicity-only-means-making-peace-with-the-complexity/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) > [Everything in my music has always been emotionally and spiritually motivated... But after I started doing yoga, the place where I came from changed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/everything-in-my-music-has-always-been-emotionally-and-spiritually/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ask-need/india-arie/#itemlist", "name": "1 Ask Need Quotes By India Arie", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It took me almost wanting to retire to realize that you need to ask for what you need. 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