I am on an album with theater icon Billy Porter called the ‘Soul of Richard Rodgers.’ Our duet is called ‘Carefully Taught.’ India Arie Read Quote
Everybody has a spiritual body. Everybody has a physical body, and so your spiritual body is the stuff that holds all of your emotions like your body holds your organs, your food, your muscles, your water. Your spiritual body holds your emotional state and your mental state. India Arie Read Quote
For the first ten years of my career, I felt suffocated. People constantly stood over me while I tried to create. And in 2009, I hit rock bottom. I couldn’t find myself because I was looking to be defined by the music industry or by being number one on the Billboard charts. India Arie Read Quote
When someone is themselves through their music, it’s soul music. James Taylor is soul music to me ’cause it’s just him talking about him. It doesn’t have anything to do with black or growing up in the church; it’s where it comes from. It’s just soul music. India Arie Read Quote
In hindsight, I feel like I made the right decision to choose production that would get played on black radio. India Arie Read Quote
I want to always be classy and honest, and I always want to have fun with music, and if I can’t really express who I am through my music, then it’s not really fun anymore. India Arie Read Quote
I loved her music and the fact that she was a classically trained pianist and that her voice was so unique, but what made Nina Simone my hero is that I had never seen anyone in the public eye who looked anything like me at all, ever. India Arie Read Quote
In Denver, all we really had was pop radio, so I grew up on all that late ’70s pop stuff – Billy Joel, James Taylor, Lionel Richie, Elton John, Steve Miller and Toto. Great love songs and really hooky and melodic music – I have all of that stuff in my heart. India Arie Read Quote
To spread love, healing, peace, and joy is my mission in life – and so I speak up. India Arie Read Quote
