Song Quotes by Jill Scott

9 Song quotes by Jill Scott

Jill Scott’s voice often feels like a warm hug, and these nine reflections on song echo that intimacy. Though the set is modest, each line carries her soulful cadence, offering a quick yet heartfelt taste of how she intertwines music and emotion.

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My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times.

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That's what I enjoy most about my music - that it heals in its own time and makes us look at ourselves…

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It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me.

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When I write a song, I tap into the emotion and the feeling and then I use the emotion to write the…

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One day, I just got up to read a poem and started singing. I looked around - the reaction was great. And…

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Most of the time, particularly with this record, 'The Light of the Sun,' I really just been standing in front of a…

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I don't want to force anything on anyone. I'm not trying to bust you over the head and make you buy this…

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I was backstage at the House of Blues in L.A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Prince turned…

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I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend's house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to…

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I am more spiritual than religious.

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