29 Quotes by Jazmine Sullivan

I guess when I got into my preteens, I turned about 12 and I decided to sing R&B, because I felt like one day there were some things I felt like I would want to say, that I couldn't say with gospel music.

Why do we love love when love seems to hate us?

I’m not the type of woman who shows off my body; I’m a vocalist and I’m a writer and I think people see that more so than they see anything else. That’s just who I am.

I’m not great with breathing, like holding notes. I usually don’t. A lot of people wouldn’t believe it, but I don’t focus on technical stuff...

I feel that the music that I do is somewhat of a lost art and it’s not as popular as dance or pop music and people are not as interested in it. But it’s something that I believe in and I feel that it’s needed, so that’s why I do it and I will keep doing it until everybody hears it and gets it.

Everybody is going to love me and this is not being cocky – this is just what I see.

What’s kind of weird is that when I’m writing I don’t know where I’m going to go.

After you’ve been away, people’s expectations are like, “Well, you better have something to show for it. Tell us why you’ve been away so long!”

I think the way I write is kind of naturally rhythmic. If there’s anything of my own in my writing, I think that’s my own thing. Like when I start a song, I almost hear the rhythm more than the melody.