India Arie Quotes

I think that people in general appreciate honesty and not trying to cook something up just to fit a mold that would be beneficial for you. I never made music like that.

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Life's too short not to have fun with what you wear.

I believe in dancing.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.

All of my music is honest.

What's really important to me is somebody who can totally let loose and pretty much be themselves and have fun.

I think I'm genuinely sincere, and that's what hopefully makes it work. I take that very seriously when I'm writing.

I'ma just rap and do me.

I like to have fun and be myself and express myself through how I dress.

I love to have fun when I do a song.

If I can't be honest with music, forget it.

From a place of truth, I think artists or actors have to be real with what they're doing.

I'm definitely one of them artists that loves putting the track on and having fun with it, but in my own way.

Please understand that I make music to express myself, and if you know anything about me, you know that I'm nothing but honest.

It's just about being honest. I listen to a lot of stuff that's out there, some of which I wrote, and I'm like, 'Where is that? Where's the honesty?' So that's what I want to get to in my music now.

Hip-hop has always been about keeping it authentic and being authentically you. That is what I try to do in my music and when I speak about the Bible.

Be you. If people like it, great. My music is honest, and it comes from the heart. I have never done anything to become famous.

You can be yourself and still have fun without crossing the line. Sometimes I feel like today's players don't want to do anything! Come on, be yourself! That's what people want.

Artists can be themselves. They don't have to pretend to be somebody they're not.