It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
The blowing thing is something that you either have a predilection for or not. And I don't have that thing. It was just unsanitary.… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
I'm really good at melodic and sonic things, but I don't really think I have anything to say. But I really enjoy the puzzle-making… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
If I would not be able to create music, I would create art or something else. Perhaps cooking. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
I find myself wanting to make music at the dining room table or in the bedroom - I'm kind of a mobile writer, so… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
I'm becoming more and more apolitical - I think the most revolutionary thing you can do is just live your life and have a… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were genius in… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
It's very limiting to us as a species, the concept of better-than/less-than. It just seems to be at its end. I'm like, this all… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
There's no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you know? — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
Your government has problems...my government has problems. I can't be a judge. All I can do is be an ambassador of love. I'm a… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
It's hard being bisexual, omnisexual, multisexual, whatever you want to call it, when people have their agenda and expect you to just represent their… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson,… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
