103 Quotes by India Arie

You deal with what comes to you. If it's something you don't like, you deal with it the best you can. If it's something that you love, you rise to the occasion.

I've been trying to arrive at a person who is self-defined and able to make my own mistakes rather than having other people make them for me.

If we can just focus our attention where it matters, we can effect change.

I am really excited to be partnering with Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula. Aside from being a longtime fan of their products, they're a family business with a strong ethical foundation, and that makes us a great match.

I like Brandy a lot. She's a vocal prodigy.

I think anyone who is ever on TV is a role model for somebody.

I like being a role model - people have told me that I am a role model for empowered women, but I don't see myself that way.

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.

I'm not just making rhymes and making melodies. I'm expressing my true life force, energy.