90+ India.Arie Quotes On Soulful, Inspirational And Empowering

India.Arie is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. She has released a total of seven studio albums and has won four Grammy Awards. Her music combines elements of soul, folk, and R&B, and her lyrics often focus on spiritual and personal growth. Following is our collection on famous quotes by India.Arie on love, life, soulful.

Top 10 India.Arie Quotes

1. I'm not the average girl from your video and I ain't built like a supermodel but I learned to love myself unconditionally because i am a queen
2. What did not demolish me simply polished me.
3. In a world of smoke and ashes, you are milk and honey
4. Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we've taken.
5. No matter what anybody says, what matters most is what you think of yourself.
6. Success is clarity of my intention....and reaching that intention while being true to myself and with joy.
7. What tried to demolish me, I allowed to polish me.
8. Your real job in this world is to be you.
9. The worst disease in the world is hate. And the cure for hate is love.
10. The songs that I've written about Africa, and AIDS and HIV and about the power of humanitarian love, those songs, I'm gonna sing them because I know that it's real.

India.Arie Image Quotes

No matter what anybody says, what matters most is what you think of yourself. — India.Arie

Your real job in this world is to be you. — India.Arie

The worst disease in the world is hate. And the cure for hate is love. — India.Arie

India.Arie Short Quotes

• The truth, it needs no proof. Either it is or it isn't.
• Strength, courage & wisdom...it's been inside of me all along.
• The thing that makes me most vulnerable is romantic relationship.
• In the quest for fortune and fame...don't forget about the simple things.
• There's a million ways to make people happy.
• I'm a Libra, I always have two sides of everything.
• In reality, on the grand scale, in my opinion... we are actually all responsible for each other.
• I'm still afraid of things, obviously - we're human. But I like that feeling of being afraid.
• There are rules but there's really no wrong way.
• In the music industry it's just you're either Black or white, and this is the box you get put in.

India.Arie Quotes About Love

When I look in the mirror and the only one there is me Every freckle on my face is where it’s suppose to be And I know my creator didn’t make no mistakes on me My feet, my thighs, my Lips, my eyes, I’m loving what I see — India.Arie

Go on and love yourself, cause everything's gonna be alright. — India.Arie

I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer, many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical, my grandparents sang and played blues piano. It's literally in my blood. My mother wrote an original song to teach me the days of the week. — India.Arie

I will be patient, kind, faithful and true To a man who loves music a man who loves art Respect's the spirit world and thinks with his heart — India.Arie

There is one relationship I was in that I learned a lot from. I learned a lot from the situation about myself and about relationships and about love, about how to relate to people, about forgiveness and the stuff that comes with being in a relationship. — India.Arie

You hear people sing songs about when they really can't stand anyone anymore or you hear people sing songs about when they really love someone and they really love them. — India.Arie

Over the years, I was doing what I loved to do, which is my music. But it was always a bit distorted, because I was doing the music in the way other people around me were telling me it should be done. — India.Arie

If he ever left me, I wouldn't even be sad; no, 'cause there's a blessing in every lesson, and I'm glad that I knew him at all. — India.Arie

It's in my music, and its on my mind all the time. To spread love, healing peace and joy is my mission in life - and so I speak up. — India.Arie

India.Arie Quotes About Life

My life is so tumultuous. I dive into everything. I'm feeling all up and down and sleepy and moody and hormonal - it just gets crazy. Just to keep myself balanced, I do things like yoga and meditation. — India.Arie

There's another style of meditation that I've been doing since my mid-twenties. Tapping into your higher self to get a glimpse of yourself from the outside and get insight into what's going on in your life. I learned that from my godfather in my mid-twenties. — India.Arie

I have, my whole life, been healing the girl inside, the part of me that struggles about being a female in the world. That's why I write about the things I write about. — India.Arie

I'm not just making rhymes and making melodies. I'm expressing my true life force, energy. — India.Arie

I was very fortunate to have learned the transforming power of music early in life. As an adult I want to share that power by inspiring people to care about their neighbors near and far. Being a UNICEF Ambassador allows me this kind of opportunity. — India.Arie

Break the Shell”: “Child, it’s time to break the shell Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself You cannot fly until you break the shell. — India.Arie

Because you never know where life is gonna take you, And you can't change where you've been, But today, I have the opportunity to choose. — India.Arie

The only thing constant in the world is change, that's why today I take life as it comes. — India.Arie

When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life, so I'm doing emotional work on myself. As I'm writing these songs, I have to learn these lessons and dig real deep into my heart to write this stuff. — India.Arie

India.Arie Famous Quotes And Sayings

You're beautiful like a flower More valuable than a diamond You are powerful like a fire... There is nothing in the world that you cannot do When you believe in you, who are beautiful Yeah you, who are brilliant Yeah you, who are powerful Yeah you, who are resilient — India.Arie

No matter what anybody says, what matters most is what you think of yourself. — India.Arie

Your real job in this world is to be you. — India.Arie

The worst disease in the world is hate. And the cure for hate is love. — India.Arie

God is infinitely creative, and everyone's different, and everyone has a different path, a different lesson, a different song, a different face, a different voice. — India.Arie

You're only human. Let's break free of this gravity of judgment And fly high on the wings of forgiveness. — India.Arie

When I think about the cause I'm most passionate about, it's all in my music all the time, because I'm always singing about the empowerment of women. Always, even when it's a little love song - it's still about the empowerment of women and this high spiritual nature of love. It's the biggest healer ever. — India.Arie

I'm just in that stage where I pray for God to show me how I can be effective in the world and things come up and I go. But I have yet to really dig in. — India.Arie

There is no secret, you try and never stop trying. If you have to sleep all day, and get up the next day, you keep trying. If you have to take 3 years away, do it and then come back. But it's all about trying. Not everything will work, but some things will, and you have to try. — India.Arie

I don't see social media as lending my voice as much as I see it speaking my truth. If you look at my open letters, the one I wrote about Blue Ivy too - you see, I am always as the foundation, talking about us being a better humanity. I believe in that. — India.Arie

It's always sad to me when certain people are excluded from being considered beautiful... because of someone else's expectation. That bothers me. — India.Arie

Beautiful jewelry, a beautiful room - that's what museums are - a beautiful painting, a beautiful face, it makes you feel good to look at, and that's a beautiful thing. — India.Arie

Anyway, in my performance style, I'm a singer-songwriter. People can call it neo-soul or R&B or whatever. But at the core, when you see me live, I'm a singer-songwriter. — India.Arie

Eating is not one of the things that I do now to deal with pain, because I don't ever want to do that. But I isolate myself, that's what I do. — India.Arie

I started dealing with my emotional pain by writing. I always had been a writer, but just not songs. Saying things on paper that I would never, ever say, and saying things to myself, admitting things to myself, about myself and my personality, just putting it on paper, is how I deal with emotional pain. — India.Arie

My body is beautiful and sacred, and I'm going to celebrate it. — India.Arie

Back when I had a little, I thought that I needed a lot. A little was overrated, but a lot was a little too complicated. See, zero didn't satisfy me. A million didn't make me happy. That's when I learned a lesson that it's all about your perception....THERE'S HOPE. It doesn't cost a thing to smile. You don't have to pay to laugh. Better thank God for that. — India.Arie

You know how people are becoming sexually active way too early because they think it's going to be like it is in the movies. And people are not aware of their bodies in a certain way, because they are afraid to see themselves for who they are because they want to see themselves in someone else's shoes or whatever. — India.Arie

I managed because of my mother. I managed because I'm strong. I managed the same way every other abuse survivor survives, you just do. So many people have been abused, it's not rare, it's a very common human experience, and we survive. Also, my music plays a big role in my thriving. Having an outlet, it really makes a difference. — India.Arie

Make choices that are loving for yourself - with your diet, your relationships, and in speaking your loving truth - that are in alignment with what you want to be doing. When you see that in a person, you are seeing their passion and fulfillment, and that person feels good to you because they feel good to themselves. I know that I feel good and I think that comes across on stage; when I didn't feel good before, I think that came across on stage. — India.Arie

Any time someone is passionate about a cause, it's because they want to heal something inside of themselves. — India.Arie

It seems nobody really talks about what we do with our emotional pain. Only the ascendant perhaps, who have learned how to fully meditate or do yoga or whatever through their emotional pain. — India.Arie

The difference between living and feeling alive, is using your fear as fuel to fly. — India.Arie

I do all the things that singer-songwriters do. I introduce the songs, I have a story to tell about everything all the time - I cannot be on stage and have something on my mind without telling the audience. I'm super emotional and expressive and vulnerable in that moment. — India.Arie

I'm passionate about the empowerment and healing of girls and women. Where I do the most work in that regard is in my songwriting. — India.Arie

When I perform, I'm just very much just being myself. — India.Arie

Every mountain needs someone to climb it, Every ocean needs someone to dive in, Every dream needs someone to wish it, Every adventure needs someone to live it — India.Arie

I say everything and I do whatever I want to do. I'm just me. The polished version of me, I suppose, because I have on clothes and makeup. But emotionally, I am very on the surface. — India.Arie

I decided that instead of apologizing for having a lot to say, I wanted to create a format where people would come to hear me sing and speak. — India.Arie

I'm African American, I'm a lot of other things, a musician and an artist. But that woman part holds the most pain for me. And therefore, obviously, the most lessons. — India.Arie

I choose to be authentic in everything I do — India.Arie

There aint no substitute for the truth, either it is or it isnt. You see the truth it needs no proof, either it is or it isnt. And you know the truth by the way you feel. — India.Arie

I think it's OK that everyone's not real heavy and wordy and heady. — India.Arie

Either you're a hater or a lover. — India.Arie

Some people just don't like to be their self. I'm always looking, analyzing myself. — India.Arie

It doesn't cost a thing to smile. — India.Arie

Everybody has their own path. I got mine. — India.Arie

I feel very strongly in my opinion that everyone is responsible to themselves for what they do. — India.Arie

Because of what I've chosen to do for my work in the world, almost every time that there's something that I'm afraid to do that I need to do, I have to do it in front of other people. It makes me feel exposed. — India.Arie

I heard a voice that told me I'm essential. How all my fears are limiting my potential. Said it's time to step into the light and use every bit of power i have inside. — India.Arie

Your work is to find healing. And I find, for me, it's a little bit at a time, and eventually it's barely there. And the journey is finding what works for you and doing it. — India.Arie

Things that I'm afraid to do are always about being afraid of being exposed. Every time, that's what it's always about. — India.Arie

A person's either responsible for themselves or we're all responsible for each other. — India.Arie

Chaos isn't good for your health. — India.Arie

It's not fair that people ignore AIDS in Africa because it's Africa. It's not fair. — India.Arie

If you give me half a chance. I'll prove this to you. I will be patient, kind, faithful and true. — India.Arie

The thing that makes me feel most alive is knowing that there's something that I have to do that I'm afraid of. — India.Arie

I cant control everything, and I dont need to — India.Arie

What is socially irresponsible, once again, is just all my opinion. But there are things that I don't think are cool. — India.Arie

Tolerance is the seed, and the gift of pure acceptance is the tree — India.Arie

If I'm not doing anything to make a change, then I'm responsible. — India.Arie

If you create the game, then you create the rules. — India.Arie

There's hope. It doesn't cost a thing to smile. You don't have to pay to laugh. You better thank God for that. — India.Arie

I like when a teenager comes and talks to me on the street. I've been through a lot and I have a lot to share. — India.Arie

I am not my hair I am not this skin I am not your expectations, no I am not my hair I am not this skin I am the soul that lives within. — India.Arie

Life Lessons by India.Arie

1. India.Arie teaches us to be true to ourselves, to stay connected to our inner voice and to be unapologetically ourselves.
2. She encourages us to take our power back and to use our voice to create positive change in the world.
3. Through her music, she reminds us to be compassionate and loving towards ourselves and others, and to embrace our unique gifts and talents.