When I look in the mirror and the only one there is me India.Arie More Quotes by India.Arie More Quotes From India.Arie Strength, courage & wisdom...it's been inside of me all along. India.Arie courage-strength The songs that I've written about Africa, and AIDS and HIV and about the power of humanitarian love, those songs, I'm gonna sing them because I know that it's real. India.Arie music real song The only thing constant in the world is change, that's why today I take life as it comes. India.Arie constant today world If you give me half a chance. I'll prove this to you. I will be patient, kind, faithful and true. India.Arie faithful half giving Go on and love yourself, cause everything's gonna be alright. India.Arie and-love goes-on love-you I'm African American, I'm a lot of other things, a musician and an artist. But that woman part holds the most pain for me. And therefore, obviously, the most lessons. India.Arie african-american pain artist My body is beautiful and sacred, and I'm going to celebrate it. India.Arie sacred body beautiful I have, my whole life, been healing the girl inside, the part of me that struggles about being a female in the world. That's why I write about the things I write about. India.Arie girl struggle healing The truth, it needs no proof. Either it is or it isn't. India.Arie proof needs There aint no substitute for the truth, either it is or it isnt. You see the truth it needs no proof, either it is or it isnt. And you know the truth by the way you feel. India.Arie proof way needs 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, my grandparents sang and played blues piano. It's literally in my blood. My mother wrote an original song to teach me the days of the week. India.Arie uncles mother song I'm just in that stage where I pray for God to show me how I can be effective in the world and things come up and I go. But I have yet to really dig in. India.Arie stage praying world I managed because of my mother. I managed because I'm strong. I managed the same way every other abuse survivor survives, you just do. So many people have been abused, it's not rare, it's a very common human experience, and we survive. Also, my music plays a big role in my thriving. Having an outlet, it really makes a difference. India.Arie strong mother play It's always sad to me when certain people are excluded from being considered beautiful... because of someone else's expectation. That bothers me. India.Arie expectations beautiful people There is one relationship I was in that I learned a lot from. I learned a lot from the situation about myself and about relationships and about love, about how to relate to people, about forgiveness and the stuff that comes with being in a relationship. India.Arie situation stuff people I choose to be authentic in everything I do India.Arie It doesn't cost a thing to smile. India.Arie cost My life is so tumultuous. I dive into everything. I'm feeling all up and down and sleepy and moody and hormonal - it just gets crazy. Just to keep myself balanced, I do things like yoga and meditation. India.Arie crazy yoga meditation I'm a Libra, I always have two sides of everything. India.Arie two-sides sides two Some people just don't like to be their self. I'm always looking, analyzing myself. India.Arie analyzing self people
