288 Quotes by Jill Scott

There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself. Recognize yourself.

I am a woman, I make mistakes. I make them often. God has given me a talent and that`s it.

I'm looking for someone who works as hard as I do. Who loves their work as much as I do, so at the end of the night we have something real to talk about, something exciting that makes our blood flow and boil.

Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. Over the years, I had my heart broken so badly that if I didn't find a way to get all the pain out, I was going to lose my mind. I was crazy! Like, wanting to slash tires and smash car windows. Crazy! I was so hurt that I had to write.

For me, hair is an accoutrement. Hair is jewelry. It's an accessory.

That's what I enjoy most about my music - that it heals in its own time and makes us look at ourselves in its own time.

People is, I think, it's their nature - some people's nature, in a way, to be angry or jealous or just spiteful about somebody else's blessings.

When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.