--- title: "11 Myself Quotes By India Arie" description: "11 Myself quotes by India Arie. Plus more from India Arie and more Myself sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/india-arie-3506_know_i-know-that-i-pray-a-lot-and-i-take-time_1792757.png" --- > [I know that I pray a lot, and I take time for myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-know-that-i-pray-a-lot-and-i-take-time-for-myself/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/india-arie-3506_know_i-know-that-i-pray-a-lot-and-i-take-time_1792757.png) > [Just to keep myself balanced, I do things like yoga and meditation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/just-to-keep-myself-balanced-i-do-things-like-yoga-and-meditation/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/india-arie-3506_keep_just-to-keep-myself-balanced-i-do-things_2043824.png) > [It was challenging getting myself into the mindset to lose the weight. Once I got there, the weight dropped off quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/it-was-challenging-getting-myself-into-the-mindset-to-lose-the-weight/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/india-arie-3506_lose_it-was-challenging-getting-myself-into-t_417661.png) > [I like being a role model - people have told me that I am a role model for empowered women, but I…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/india-arie-3506_empowered_i-like-being-a-role-model-people-have-to_149819.png) > [I'm in show business, and I'm an entertainer, but I also see myself as an artist doing social and spiritual work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-m-in-show-business-and-i-m-an-entertainer-but-i-also-see-myself-as/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/india-arie-3506_art_i-m-in-show-business-and-i-m-an-entertai_2552877.png) > [I don't really consider myself a teacher. I think - like, I have opinions like everyone else, and I just share my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-don-t-really-consider-myself-a-teacher-i-think-like-i-have-opinions/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/india-arie-3506_i-think_i-don-t-really-consider-myself-a-teacher_1503510.png) > [When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/india-arie-3506_life_when-it-comes-down-to-the-song-writing-i_30731.png) > [Saying things on paper that I would never, ever say, and saying things to myself, admitting things to myself, about myself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/saying-things-on-paper-that-i-would-never-ever-say-and-saying-things/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/india-arie-3506_emotional-pain_saying-things-on-paper-that-i-would-neve_974915.jpg) > [I want my music to be a contribution, and I want the people who love me on Earth and in Heaven to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-want-my-music-to-be-a-contribution-and-i-want-the-people-who-love/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7a/india-arie-3506_god_i-want-my-music-to-be-a-contribution-and_2822698.png) > [For the first ten years of my career, I felt suffocated. People constantly stood over me while I tried to create. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/for-the-first-ten-years-of-my-career-i-felt-suffocated-people/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/india-arie-3506_billboard_for-the-first-ten-years-of-my-career-i-f_2803887.png) > [I always felt like - I mean, I was told, really - I couldn't go too far with the productions because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-always-felt-like-i-mean-i-was-told-really-i-couldn-t-go-too-far/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/india-arie-3506_go_i-always-felt-like-i-mean-i-was-told-rea_2207147.png) ## Other authors on Myself ## 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/myself/india-arie/#itemlist", "name": "11 Myself Quotes By India Arie", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know that I pray a lot, and I take time for myself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "India Arie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-know-that-i-pray-a-lot-and-i-take-time-for-myself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/india-arie-3506_know_i-know-that-i-pray-a-lot-and-i-take-time_1792757.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/india-arie-3506_know_i-know-that-i-pray-a-lot-and-i-take-time_1792757.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/india-arie-3506_know_i-know-that-i-pray-a-lot-and-i-take-time_1792757.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know that I pray a lot, and I take time for myself.” — India Arie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Just to keep myself balanced, I do things like yoga and meditation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "India Arie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/just-to-keep-myself-balanced-i-do-things-like-yoga-and-meditation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/india-arie-3506_keep_just-to-keep-myself-balanced-i-do-things_2043824.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/india-arie-3506_keep_just-to-keep-myself-balanced-i-do-things_2043824.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/india-arie-3506_keep_just-to-keep-myself-balanced-i-do-things_2043824.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Just to keep myself balanced, I do things like yoga and meditation.” — India Arie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was challenging getting myself into the mindset to lose the weight. 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