Not to be a Bible-thumper, but there really is nothing new under the sun. Meshell Ndegeocello Read Quote
It’s interesting to do other people’s music – that’s how I learned to play, by learning other people’s songs. It’s nice to delve into how other people got to where they are. Meshell Ndegeocello Read Quote
There’s no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you know? Meshell Ndegeocello Read Quote
I think secretly I’ve realized after my time on the planet that I have no control over what people feel about me or need from me, so I just have a more laid-back approach in my apologies. Meshell Ndegeocello Read Quote
I’m pushing ahead on my own – you no longer need a large record company to make you a star. Meshell Ndegeocello Read Quote
I think leaders are incapable of the strength that passive resistance entails. Meshell Ndegeocello Read Quote
Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world. Meshell Ndegeocello Read Quote
I just try to tell a story with a song, and be able to try to transmit the emotion to you. That’s all I’m really trying to do. Meshell Ndegeocello Read Quote
We’re all just bags of bones and muscle and hormones; I’ll never understand what makes our minds do the things we do. It’s like that statue of the monkey holding a skull. We’re trying to use a thing we don’t understand to understand ourselves. Meshell Ndegeocello Read Quote
