India Arie Quotes

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

I don't think it is possible to give tips for finding one's voice; it's one of those things for which there aren't really any tricks or shortcuts, or even any advice that necessarily translates from writer to writer. All I can tell you is to write as much as possible.

Each person is different and each one will reach God by his or her own path.

Apparently God makes us all different. Some of us are happy to respond to His individual touch on our lives by remaining individuals, and others of us are intimidated or frightened into trying to become like each other so that we have company, so that we don't feel so lonely.

Competition impedes creativity because you present yourself in a way that's going to been seen by somebody outside of you. You're not very much yourself and it limits you.

If you look at my career, you'll find that the same record doesn't show up more than once. I try to challenge myself with every project.

I don't want to be anyone but me, but as a versatile as possible.

Around when I turned 17 and I bought my own studio equipment and started recording myself, I kinda found my own voice. I just started rapping like my normal self and this happy guy.

Guitar was just a hobby, but it seemed to me that the instrument had possibilities, not least of which was that there was no one else playing it. I could be, as it were, the best boy in an all-girls school.

I think the most effective coaching for youth is to encourage them to try things, to be unique and be different.

There's so much pressure to be at a certain level in your job and at a certain place in your life, but if everyone was doing things at the same time, then life would be so boring. Everyone reaches different stages at different times.

All of us have our own journeys.

Be creative, have a good time, and be yourself.

We're into discovering ourselves as 2NE1. Since all four of us are different, we inspire and push each other.

I don't like to judge. Fashion is a form of expression, so to each their own.

Bring your whole self to work because, that way, you can bring full ideas and the wholeness of your unique abilities.

I like that Amelie is strange, just like me. I'm happy I've gotten to be on this journey following my 'Hamilton' journey because they're so different.

I don't even really try to do something different. I just do what's authentic to me.

There's so much more to life than just being healthy. There's so much more to life than just being normal.

There are stories I wanted to tell, and they are not defined by what I look like.

Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be; that's stupid. So be yourself.

Every kid is going to be his or her own individual, they all have their own style of doing things.

I look to many different women for inspiration but try to make things my own.

For a really long time, I thought being different was a negative thing. But as I grew older, I started to realize we were all born to stand out; nobody is born to blend in.

Allow God to be as creative with you as He is with each of us.