India Arie Quotes

You can't save the world with music. But I can try. I have the same job as Bruce Springsteen. I have to go as far as I can with it.

Outwardly seeing how your music effects culture and everyday life, is amazing.

It would, of course, be wrong to say that the arts have no social value. They have tremendous power and can often, indirectly, make our world a better place to live in.

Music is always a commentary on society.

Late 20th century music was a really important thing. It changed the world, and I'm part of that, and now I'm part of the museum that celebrates that.

I want to touch people's lives with my music and my lyrics.

I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.

I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot of social and political commentary through their music.

We really do believe that we can improve the world, one song at a time.

As an artist, it's incredible to see folks see you and then be able to give that back and to be able to send two girls to a Black Girls Empowerment camp.

Just like the air you breathe or the water you drink, music shapes you. The trouble is, most people don't use it to spread love and healing. But I think music can make a social contribution if you're responsible with it.

I'm glad Wu-Tang was able to inspire other producers and artists, but I would never want to be erased or removed.

I feel like I influence more than just rap.

I've always been a believer in the power of art - and music in particular - to inspire change.

The artist has tremendous power to change the world.

You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.

My work is not, of course, pure art in the sense that Schmidt-Rottluff's is, but it is art nonetheless... It is all right with me that my work serves a purpose. I want to have an effect on my time, in which human beings are so confused and in need of help.

Music and improving the world are two sides of the same coin.

I leave everyone to have their own opinions of my music and my influence - or not - on others.

Pop music has been the center of change, you know? And positive messages. I would love to get back to that place because I think we've lost it a little bit.

Once you see how powerful music is and how it can affect people, then you want to use it to impact the world.

I want my music to be not only representative of other people's lives but also contributing something to the struggle that people are going through.

I just want to reach a point where I have an opportunity to impact the entire world with one song.

John Lennon made wonderful music, which people listen to as music. Nobody around the world is living their life according to the precepts of John Lennon.

I love making music, but if you make something that inspires somebody else to make something, without getting too airy-fairy, you've contributed to the zeitgeist in some way, and that's just an amazing feeling.