At 16, I started really loving country music, and Collin Raye just had the most amazing ballads! — India Arie Copy Share Image
I always loved music, but I didn't know if I could be the kind of artist that makes a difference. — India Arie Copy Share Image
To a man who loves music. A man who loves art. Respect's the spirit world and thinks with his heart. — India Arie Copy Share Image
What I love about Christmas music is it stays around every year and comes back. — India Arie Copy Share Image
Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it. — India Arie Copy Share Image
Nobody looked like me when I was growing up. None of the kids were as big as me, or as serious as… — India Arie Copy Share Image
Music lives in my mother - she's played in bands in Detroit and toured and did the whole thing. So I have… — India Arie Copy Share Image
I want to always be classy and honest, and I always want to have fun with music, and if I can't really… — India Arie Copy Share Image
Everything in my music has always been emotionally and spiritually motivated... But after I started doing yoga, the place where I came… — India Arie Copy Share Image
I'm kind of like a folk singer mixed with soul, but I feel like if you really are a lover of hip-hop… — India Arie Copy Share Image
I made a conscious decision when I was recording 'Acoustic Soul' to - and this is one of my mantras - follow… — India Arie Copy Share Image
What I love about Stevie Wonder is the way he makes people feel. He's one of the best examples of how music… — India Arie Copy Share Image
One of the things that helped me to be confident is to be the kind of musician that I respect. I always… — India Arie Copy Share Image
I want my music to be a contribution, and I want the people who love me on Earth and in Heaven to… — India Arie Copy Share Image
I loved her music and the fact that she was a classically trained pianist and that her voice was so unique, but… — India Arie Copy Share Image
In Denver, all we really had was pop radio, so I grew up on all that late '70s pop stuff - Billy… — India Arie Copy Share Image
Now that I have better producer chops, a country album is something I want to do one day. I don't know who's… — India Arie Copy Share Image
For the first ten years of my career, I felt suffocated. People constantly stood over me while I tried to create. And… — India Arie Copy Share Image
When someone is themselves through their music, it's soul music. James Taylor is soul music to me 'cause it's just him talking… — India Arie Copy Share Image
You wash your hands when you shake a bunch of hands. You have to wash your energy when you're around people. It's… — India Arie Copy Share Image
Just like the air you breathe or the water you drink, music shapes you. The trouble is, most people don't use it… — India Arie Copy Share Image
I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer. Many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side… — India Arie Copy Share Image
It's cool to hear my songs on the radio. But for me, that's just a way to get more people to have… — India Arie Copy Share Image
When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life,… — India Arie Copy Share Image
In my opinion, you just have to make the music. Make the music and work as hard as you can to get… — India Arie Copy Share Image
That's the kind of music I want SoulBird to represent: music with intelligence and heart, music that moves people in their souls… — India Arie Copy Share Image
With 'Acoustic Soul,' I saw my music as sparse. But I didn't do that because I was making a commitment to be… — India Arie Copy Share Image
Songs like 'Peaceful World' and songs that are responsible with their lyrics and talk about love and harmony can take the forefront… — India Arie Copy Share Image
'Open Door' was a world music project and bilingual. It was in Hebrew and English, and it's great. I do think it's… — India Arie Copy Share Image
Could a person really make a social contribution through music consciously? I mean, beyond making a person happy to hear the song… — India Arie Copy Share Image
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… — India Arie Copy Share Image
Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it. — India Arie Copy Share Image
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.… — India Arie Copy Share Image
“By all of your beauty I am so inspired. Your love has baptized me by fire.” — India Arie Copy Share Image
I am on an album with theater icon Billy Porter called the 'Soul of Richard Rodgers.' Our duet is called 'Carefully Taught.' — India Arie Copy Share Image
I like being a role model - people have told me that I am a role model for empowered women, but I don't see… — India Arie Copy Share Image
Neo-soul is really less about a sound than it is about a look, in my opinion. — India Arie Copy Share Image
