Jill Scott quotes
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“Ain’t nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt....”
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“Everybody's looking for love, and you want to love somebody and be loved in return.”
-- Jill ScottSource : "New Jill Scott Swings to Hollywood [INTERVIEW]". Interview with Kelly L. Carter, www.ebony.com. September 3, 2013.
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“To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.”
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“If you can't help me grow, there's no point with you being in my life.”
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“Find new treasures in yourself. Love doesn't die. Love is unyielding. It's going to come back. The more you love and appreciate yourself, the more prepared you are when the real thing shows up.”
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“I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.”
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“I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?”
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“Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.”
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“Lately I've been going to all these high schools talking to the students, answering their questions, listening to what they have to say. It has been an incredible journey to be around them and try to give them what my mother gave me.”
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“In order to grow emotionally and mentally, sometimes you have to grow physically as well. I'm just trying to grow, man, and always I just want to be the best and most confident me I can be.”
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“Just bc u loved and lost doesn't mean stop loving. If u have a nightmare, does it mean u stop dreaming?”
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“Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place.”
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“When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.”
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“For me, hair is an accoutrement. Hair is jewelry. It's an accessory.”
-- Jill ScottSource : "Jill Scott Graces the October Issue of ESSENCE", www.essence.com. September 4, 2012.
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“I need to find creative diversity because if I get stuck, I get unhappy.”
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“I've been enjoying playing with fashion - gold grills and diamond grills have just become a part of that.”
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“I have a few caftans just for lounging purposes. When I want to feel free, it's the closest thing to feeling naked without being naked.”
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“Everything starts with writing. I heard Nikki Giovanni and was blown away. I just thought 'wow'; she was writing from a black girl's perspective, and the imagery was so vivid that I started doing spoken word.”
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“I don't rhyme right now, but I may ten years from now.”
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“Once I started looking for a record deal, I had a trainer. And the trainer told me that I would never sell a record if I didn't lose weight.”
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“When Jett puts my face in his hands and tells me, 'Mommy you're so pretty' or smells me, it's so wonderful.”
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“My grill is intended to be discreet. It's there because I enjoy jewelry.”
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“Everybody is supposed to be a part of their own community.”
-- Jill ScottSource : "Jill Scott returns to her roots for new music video" by Sarah Hoye, www.cnn.com. March 24, 2011.
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“Common is one of the nicest people I've ever met, and to describe him as a vile rapper because he has an opinion... just says a lot about the state of America. You are allowed to have an opinion in the United States - he's never harmed anybody, he just has an opinion about a president that wasn't good for our country.”
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“Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.”
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“Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.”
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“I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship.”
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“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.”
-- Jill Scott
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