288 Quotes by Jill Scott

I was conceived after doctors told my mother she’d never have children. I’m a miracle – we all are.

It’s frustrating me – that booty is gonna sag at some point. And if you allow enough people to come inside your physical space, they leave traces.

I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don’t do them at all.

When I write a song, I tap into the emotion and the feeling and then I use the emotion to write the words. It’s the opposite when I act. I use the words and tap into the emotion.

My grandmother told me: ‘Never be in debt to anyone or anything.’ Which is probably why I’ve never been financially extravagant – I still go to Costco. I’m always conscious of living within my means.

I’ve been reading poetry publicly for 20 years, and this is what you do – you express, you sometimes dig a bit to get a conversation started. That’s the point of poetry. You’re supposed to go, ‘Hmmmm,’ and ‘Woooh!’

I am a huge Prince fan. It’s a very rare thing for him to have people open for him. It’s been the Time and Sheila E., and that’s about it. Building a relationship with him has been like a dream come true. I’ve been looking for a mentor, and I feel like I have that in him.

I’m being all of me, and it feels stupendous. I don’t want to leave this feeling.

When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. ‘Own a Picasso’ was one of those things.