I'm not the average girl from your video and I ain't built like a supermodel but I learned to love myself unconditionally because i am a queen India.Arie More Quotes by India.Arie More Quotes From India.Arie I'm not just making rhymes and making melodies. I'm expressing my true life force, energy. India.Arie true-life force energy Beautiful jewelry, a beautiful room - that's what museums are - a beautiful painting, a beautiful face, it makes you feel good to look at, and that's a beautiful thing. India.Arie feel-good beautiful museums Either you're a hater or a lover. India.Arie lovers There's a million ways to make people happy. India.Arie making-people-happy people way A person's either responsible for themselves or we're all responsible for each other. India.Arie responsible persons There are rules but there's really no wrong way. India.Arie wrong-way way Anyway, in my performance style, I'm a singer-songwriter. People can call it neo-soul or R&B or whatever. But at the core, when you see me live, I'm a singer-songwriter. India.Arie style soul people I was very fortunate to have learned the transforming power of music early in life. As an adult I want to share that power by inspiring people to care about their neighbors near and far. Being a UNICEF Ambassador allows me this kind of opportunity. India.Arie power opportunity people It's in my music, and its on my mind all the time. To spread love, healing peace and joy is my mission in life - and so I speak up. India.Arie healing mind joy What is socially irresponsible, once again, is just all my opinion. But there are things that I don't think are cool. India.Arie irresponsible opinion thinking I feel very strongly in my opinion that everyone is responsible to themselves for what they do. India.Arie responsible opinion feels I think it's OK that everyone's not real heavy and wordy and heady. India.Arie heavy real thinking When I perform, I'm just very much just being myself. India.Arie being-myself just-being In reality, on the grand scale, in my opinion... we are actually all responsible for each other. India.Arie responsible opinion reality I'm still afraid of things, obviously - we're human. But I like that feeling of being afraid. India.Arie stills humans feelings Over the years, I was doing what I loved to do, which is my music. But it was always a bit distorted, because I was doing the music in the way other people around me were telling me it should be done. India.Arie done people years I say everything and I do whatever I want to do. I'm just me. The polished version of me, I suppose, because I have on clothes and makeup. But emotionally, I am very on the surface. India.Arie makeup clothes want 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 doing emotional work on myself. As I'm writing these songs, I have to learn these lessons and dig real deep into my heart to write this stuff. India.Arie real writing song It seems nobody really talks about what we do with our emotional pain. Only the ascendant perhaps, who have learned how to fully meditate or do yoga or whatever through their emotional pain. India.Arie emotional pain yoga I do experiment with lots of different genres. In making music, I don't think of genre like, "I want to do this, because I'm going use that country music sound; I'm going use that hip-hop sound; I'm going use that acoustic [sound]." It's just making music. So now that I've traveled a lot more since I did Acoustic Soul, I'm sure that different sounds will come into place, because I have been exposed to it and I like it. But it's not so much of a conscience effort. It's mind and spirited. You know, we're humans. India.Arie effort country thinking
