--- title: "1 Person Self Quotes By India Arie" description: "1 Person Self quotes by India Arie. Plus more from India Arie and more Person Self sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/india-arie-3506_mistakes_i-ve-been-trying-to-arrive-at-a-person-w_522705.png" --- > [I've been trying to arrive at a person who is self-defined and able to make my own mistakes rather than having other people make them for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-ve-been-trying-to-arrive-at-a-person-who-is-self-defined-and-able/) [India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/india-arie-3506_mistakes_i-ve-been-trying-to-arrive-at-a-person-w_522705.png) ## 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/person-self/india-arie/#itemlist", "name": "1 Person Self Quotes By India Arie", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been trying to arrive at a person who is self-defined and able to make my own mistakes rather than having other people make them for me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "India Arie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-ve-been-trying-to-arrive-at-a-person-who-is-self-defined-and-able/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/india-arie-3506_mistakes_i-ve-been-trying-to-arrive-at-a-person-w_522705.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/india-arie-3506_mistakes_i-ve-been-trying-to-arrive-at-a-person-w_522705.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/india-arie-3506_mistakes_i-ve-been-trying-to-arrive-at-a-person-w_522705.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've been trying to arrive at a person who is self-defined and able to make my own mistakes rather than…” — India Arie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/person-self/india-arie/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/person-self/india-arie/", "name": "Person Self Quotes by India Arie", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/person-self/india-arie/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/india-arie-3506_mistakes_i-ve-been-trying-to-arrive-at-a-person-w_522705.png" }, "description": "1 Person Self quotes by India Arie. 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