100+ Jill Scott Quotes | InspiringQuotes.us

source: - "Jill Scott Gold Grill: Singer Rocks Dental Bling At Essence Festival & Talks Personal Style (PHOTOS)" by Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2013.

Topics: Fashion, Thinking, Skins

My son, Jett, is two, and when I was pregnant my nose got bigger, so I got a new one. Everything was bigger for a while after having Jet, but I knew I needed to be able to walk up my stairs without being winded. It took me two years to lose 60 lbs - lots of walking, bike-riding, kick-boxing and performing.

Topics: Son, Years, Two, Bike Riding

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

Topics: Girl, Tailored

I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave.

Topics: Slave, Not Interested

For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible.

Topics: Dream, People, Watches

My only job is to be happy. So for everybody that cares about me and is not trying to be all up in a celebrity's business, just know that I'm happy. My son is happy. We enjoy our lives.

Topics: Jobs, Son, Trying

I'm going to be a strict mum. I know that love is the most important thing - you've got to have lots of kisses and cuddles - but you also need to mix it with discipline or you'll be in a heap of trouble.

source: - "Jill Scott: 'I was told I'd never have kids - my - son is due in 5 weeks'". Interview with Mirror.co.uk, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2009.

Topics: Kissing, Love Is, Discipline

I've always been a firm believer that soul music never dies. The artists we still listen to today, years after their music was first heard are mostly soul artists; Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan. We still sing along to all of them with our hearts.

source: - "The Wrap Up" with James Walsh, www.mtv.co.uk. June 27, 2012.

Topics: Inspiring, Heart, Artist

At my aunt's funeral, I promised myself that I wouldn't be bound by the belief that I'm supposed to stay in anything - whether it's a relationship, a job, a house, or a circumstance - if it makes me miserable. She gave me the courage to find my own happiness.

Topics: Jobs, Aunt, House, My Own Happiness

I chose No. 1 Ladies' Detective, or I'll say it chose me, and it was an absolute blessing, for the experience of being in Africa for seven months and learning so many different things, from languages to foods to greetings. On so many levels, it was an incredible experience.

source: - "Jill Scott Talks FRINGE, Why She Wanted the Role, Hopes for Her Character, Being Part of the Final Season, Working with the Cast and Future Guest Spots". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 8, 2012.

Topics: Blessing, Seven Months, Different

All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever ask for.

Topics: Writing, Character, Sandwiches

I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They're there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I'm definitely not a single parent.

Topics: Husband, Son, Grandparent, Single Parent

My grandmother told me: 'Never be in debt to anyone or anything.' Which is probably why I've never been financially extravagant - I still go to Costco. I'm always conscious of living within my means.

Topics: Mean, Grandmother, Debt, Costco

It's frustrating me - that booty is gonna sag at some point. And if you allow enough people to come inside your physical space, they leave traces.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Space, People, Booty

I was conceived after doctors told my mother she'd never have children. I'm a miracle - we all are.

Topics: Mother, Children, Doctors

The highs, the lows, the peaks, the valleys, whatever, it's all going to go into the art, whether I'm singing or acting or whatever.

Topics: Art, Singing, Acting

I was reading poetry to my girlfriends, and they were like, you're really good. You should go to some poetry readings or something. And I eventually went and got a, you know, somewhat of a name for myself and a little bit of a following.

source: - "Jill Scott: Act The Part". "All Things Considered" with Laura Sullivan, www.npr.org. June 18, 2011.

Topics: Girlfriend, Reading, Names, Poetry Reading, Reading Poetry

I'm going to do as much as I can with this life, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and ride my bike and hang out with friends.

Topics: Simple, This Life, Hanging Out

When I got my success I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes.

source: - "Jill Scott: 'In Botswana I ate wopani worms. They were terrible. They crawl and have legs'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

Topics: African American, Diabetes, Moderates

I've been reading poetry publicly for 20 years, and this is what you do - you express, you sometimes dig a bit to get a conversation started. That's the point of poetry. You're supposed to go, 'Hmmmm,' and 'Woooh!'

Topics: Reading, Years, Sometimes, Reading Poetry

One day, I just got up to read a poem and started singing. I looked around - the reaction was great. And I said, oh, boy. I like this.

source: - "Jill Scott: Act The Part". "All Things Considered" with Laura Sullivan, www.npr.org. June 18, 2011.

Topics: Boys, Singing, One Day

My stepfather was a very nasty individual.

Topics: Nasty, Individual, Stepfathers

I get scripts all the time, but I read this [Baggage Claim] thoroughly, and I loved it. It was light hearted, cute, sweet, and funny. I told my agent that I liked the script, but I did let my acceptance of the role slide a little, until I was watching television one day; scrolling through the stations, and there was this play. And I don't like plays made for the screen. But, this one, "Suddenly Single", caught my attention.

source: - Source: blogs.indiewire.com

Topics: Cute, Sweet, Acceptance, Light Hearted, Scrolling

I think, as an artist, you have to have experienced some deep turmoil, some kind of pain, because that's what connects you with the world. That's what makes it juicy!

Topics: Pain, Artist, Thinking

I had to wear a fat suit to play Mma Ramotswe in 'The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.' She's described as being like a small elephant, but she loves her body and size. When we were filming in Africa, it was 110F. It was torturous. I drank a lot of water and ate cucumbers all the time, and underneath the fat suit I shed pounds - I couldn't help it.

source: - "What I see in the mirror" by Jill Scott, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2011.

Topics: Agency, Play, Mma, Cucumbers

I just want to continue to grow, as an actor, and dig. Hopefully, one day, I'll lose myself in a role. My only worry about that is that I just want to be able to come back home. I don't want to get lost forever. That scares me.

source: - "Jill Scott Talks BAGGAGE CLAIM, Working with Paula Patton and Adam Brody, Her Desire to Be on TRUE BLOOD, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 8, 2012.

Topics: Home, Worry, Forever

I like to read Octavia E. Butler's 'Wild Seed' over and over again. And J. California Cooper's 'The Wake of the Wind.' That one makes me cry from joy. I'll mourn - I'll actually mourn - and then I'll cry from joy. She's wonderful.

Topics: Wind, California, Joy

I didn't leave home until 27. I was an only child raised in Philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. My grandmother controlled the stove. She made a lot of potato meals - mashed potato, potato souffle, potato pancakes. When we didn't have electricity we ate romantically, by candlelight.

source: - "Jill Scott: 'In Botswana I ate wopani worms. They were terrible. They crawl and have legs'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

Topics: Mother, Children, Home, Souffle, Mother And Grandmother

I did an internship at the Ardent theatre company in Philly after dropping out of college. I was earning $165 a week building sets and cleaning the toilets. Cleaning toilets is a good way of getting in touch with your creativity. That's when you find out if you got anything going on in your head.

Topics: Creativity, College, Theatre, Dropping Out, Internships

I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni when I was in eighth grade. Her writing has a musical energy with pulse and rhythm, almost like jazz or hip-hop.

Topics: Writing, Hip Hop, Musical, Eighth Grade

There's a high school in Camden, New Jersey, I call the Jill Scott School. It's the Camden Creative Arts High School. Those teachers and kids are so passionate about what they do, and 98 percent of the senior class went on to college.

Topics: Senior, Teacher, Art, Camden, Senior Class

My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times.

source: - "New Jill Scott Swings to Hollywood [INTERVIEW]". Interview with Kelly L. Carter, www.ebony.com. September 3, 2013.

Topics: Intention, Enjoy, All Time

I love when I am around a veteran in [show] business. Because I can dig and ask questions, and find out the "who" and "what" of it all.

source: - Source: blogs.indiewire.com

Topics: Veteran, Because I Can, Shows

When you have a cast and crew of people who make it light hearted and crack jokes, and break treats, and understand that we are all in this together. That's a biggest plus that you can have.

source: - "Interview: Jill Scott talks ‘Baggage Claim,’ Auditioning for Anthony Minghella & Acting". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. September 25, 2013.

Topics: Light, People, Together, Light Hearted

Balancing is hard. I've lost roles that I really wanted because I had set up a tour. I cancelled tours to do roles before. But I have to find the time to make that up to my audience. I made a commitment to them.

source: - "Interview: Jill Scott talks ‘Baggage Claim,’ Auditioning for Anthony Minghella & Acting". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. September 25, 2013.

Topics: Commitment, Roles, Lost

Singing and acting suit me. I made a vow to myself, to do everything that I can do with this life that I have, and I have to find the time to do this. Sometimes I need to be an actress. Sometimes I don't need to be Jill.

source: - "Interview: Jill Scott talks ‘Baggage Claim,’ Auditioning for Anthony Minghella & Acting". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. September 25, 2013.

Topics: Singing, Acting, Needs, Singing And Acting

I do want love. Genuine love.

Topics: Genuine Love, Want, Genuine

There are a lot of difficulties with people trying to conceive.

Topics: People, Trying, Difficulty

I'm a method actor as well as a method singer.

source: - VIBE interview, globalgrind.cassiuslife.com. April 7, 2010.

Topics: Actors, Singers, Method

Sometimes, for principle, your gonna have to kick some ass.

Topics: Principles, Sometimes, Ass

I've always enjoyed shows like 'The X-Files,' where you're on the edge of your seat and you're so invested in these characters.

Topics: Character, X Files, Shows, Files

The artists who stand out to me have a passion for what they do. There are a lot of people who can sing. It's just like when you go to church and people are singing because it sounds good, not because it feels good. There's a difference.

source: - "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Topics: Passion, Artist, Differences

I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

source: - "Interview: Jill Scott talks ‘Baggage Claim,’ Auditioning for Anthony Minghella & Acting". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. September 25, 2013.

Topics: Acting, Growing, Want

When I auditioned with Anthony Minghella (The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency), I loved the audition process, although I hated him for it. Because he had me audition six times for that role. Maybe three hours each. He wanted to see how quickly I could vary.

source: - "Interview: Jill Scott talks ‘Baggage Claim,’ Auditioning for Anthony Minghella & Acting". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. September 25, 2013.

Topics: Agency, Three, Roles, Vary

People think that lemon is good for the voice, but it dries it out.

source: - "Jill Scott: 'In Botswana I ate wopani worms. They were terrible. They crawl and have legs'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

Topics: Thinking, Voice, People

I do so play an instrument! I play air! I play the air with my fingers, and I'm in touch with the deepest emotions within. It took me a while to learn that whatever I feel like doing is the right thing. If I want to play an invisible instrument, I will.

Topics: Air, Play, Want

'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.

Topics: Fiction, Television, Mystery, Inception, Television Shows

All I have to do is be me on stage. But acting, I have to be someone else, and walk how they would walk and blink how they would blink. I used to talk about it bad like, 'Aw man, that person made $10 million a movie?' But now I understand why they do. I get it now.

source: - "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Topics: Men, Acting, Used

I like to be in the now, now. Sometimes musicians have to wait for me to be genuine with it. As an actor, I don't have that luxury. You have to make it legit when they say 'action.'

Topics: Luxury, Waiting, Musician, Legit, Wait For Me

I'm looking at the head of the household, and the house hasn't been run properly for a long time, ... Clinton was the first person ever to make a formal apology to black people for slavery, which was very warm and appreciated. But African-Americans haven't healed at all . The wound is still very open. And seeing the differences in how people live, it just puts salt in it- constantly . Seeing the way we're treated within these United States ... it burns you even more every day.

Topics: Running, Apology, Differences

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.

source: - "'The Real Thing,' According to Jill Scott". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 25, 2007.

Topics: Jealous, Blessing, Thinking, Spiteful

In Philadelphia, you are welcome, and that's The City of Brotherly Love. I think that makes us culturally thick and sound, so you can experience all kinds of cultural authenticity.

source: - Source: aalbc.com

Topics: Thinking, Welcome, Brotherly Love

I need my man to be my homie.

Topics: Men, Needs

I am more spiritual than religious.

source: - Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Topics: Spiritual, Religious

Nikki Giovanni! I got a book of hers from the library, and there was this woman who could paint me on paper with words - my whole little experience. I thought it was wonderful.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Book, Library, Paper

I think what irks me is that I feel like women are really being compartmentalized physically, and it's been done so much that now we're doing it to ourselves. I don't like it.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Thinking, Done, Feels

African people worldwide are known to be welcoming and open-minded.

Topics: People, Welcome, Open Minded

Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

Topics: Humble, Important, Respectful

One of the reasons my ex-husband and I broke up is that he stopped eating my food.

source: - "Jill Scott: 'In Botswana I ate wopani worms. They were terrible. They crawl and have legs'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2011.

Topics: Husband, Eating, Broke Up, Ex Husband

A nutritionist has told me to have very little butter and very little spices, but I can't live like that.

source: - "Jill Scott: 'In Botswana I ate wopani worms. They were terrible. They crawl and have legs'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

Topics: Spices, Littles, Nutritionist

I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship.

Topics: Doe, I've Learned

I was reared in a Jehovah's Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not his color, and I firmly stand where my grandmother left me.

Topics: Grandmother, Men, Color

I think I've changed more as a person and, as I change as a person, there is new added creativity. I've seen more... I've met more people, done more things with dogs, and walked on more beaches since the beginning. The more I see, the more I wanna do; and the more I do, the more I wanna see.

source: - Source: aalbc.com

Topics: Dog, Beach, Creativity

There are black marriages that are still going strong 40 years later. You hear so many myths that there aren't any people making it, but there are. As long as there are some, there's hope.

Topics: Strong, Years, Long, Going Strong

As slavery died for the greater good of America, and the movement for equality sputtered to life, the white woman was on the cover of every American magazine. She was the dazzling jewel on every movie screen, the glory of every commercial and television show.

Topics: Jewels, White, America

When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.

Topics: Art, Moments, Reason

I would say for every successful black woman in America or in the world, really, it's difficult to be the head of the household, financially. It is for the man in your life. It can be very hard for them. And there's a delicate balance. I'm not quite sure I know what that balance is just yet.

source: - "'The Real Thing,' According to Jill Scott". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 25, 2007.

Topics: Successful, Men, America

I'd been told that when you first put your feet on African ground, you'll be hit by a feeling of overwhelming understanding, like you've returned home and suddenly belong. Quite frankly, I didn't feel that.

Topics: Home, Feet, Understanding

I'd love to work with Missy Elliott. I'd love to work with Bonnie Raitt. I'd love, love, love to work with Barbra Streisand. I'm reaching, because why not? You don't know what's going to happen in this life.

Topics: Why Not, Reaching, This Life, Streisand

I'm excited about turning 40. I've been an adult for a long time, but there is a difference between being an adult and being a grown-up. I'm someone's mummy now and I'm enjoying that. I feel as if I'm about to hit my peak.

source: - "What I see in the mirror" by Jill Scott, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2011.

Topics: Differences, Long, Adults, Turning 40, Mummy

We all get angry and jealous sometimes, none of us is perfect, but we should not try to be different.

Topics: Jealous, Perfect, Trying

'True Blood' excites me. It scares me, but it excites me.

source: - "Jill Scott Talks BAGGAGE CLAIM, Working with Paula Patton and Adam Brody, Her Desire to Be on TRUE BLOOD, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 28, 2013.

Topics: Blood, Scare

I'm the girl that waits for the director to say, 'I like that,' or 'Can you boost it up?,' or 'Can you pull it down?' I'm that kind of actor. I started in theater, so that's the feedback that I'm accustomed to. It's the feedback that I really thrive off of.

source: - "Jill Scott Talks BAGGAGE CLAIM, Working with Paula Patton and Adam Brody, Her Desire to Be on TRUE BLOOD, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 28, 2013.

Topics: Girl, Waiting, Directors

I never expected the White House to be warm, and the artwork on the walls was extraordinary. I am a fan of the Louvre, but being there it was almost just as good.

Topics: Wall, White, House, Louvre

I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend's house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to catch it, so I ran to another room to write it down, but then the kitchen caught fire. His cabinets were charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.

Topics: Song, Writing, Fire

I was backstage at the House of Blues in L.A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Prince turned up at my dressing room together! Stevie started beat boxing and Prince started singing one of my songs, all of a sudden it was like I was in a cypher with these incredible artists.

source: - Interview with James Walsh, www.mtv.co.uk. June 12, 2012.

Topics: Song, Artist, Boxing

I truly loved being pregnant and feeling what was going on inside my body and watching it change. It's difficult to recoup, but still amazing nonetheless. I would have another one.

source: - "Jill Scott on being a single mother". Interview with Kenya N. Byrd, ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com. June 23, 2009.

Topics: Feelings, Body, Difficult, Being Pregnant

For anyone who feels they are overwhelmed by their job, or maybe they take their job too seriously or are working too hard, I say go to a safari, particularly the Okavango Delta, and just be humbled.

source: - "Traveling with the Stars: Jill Scott". Interview with Kelly Carter, usatoday30.usatoday.com. March 23, 2009.

Topics: Jobs, Safari, Overwhelmed, Working Too Hard

For my writing, and because I love talking to young women about life, I often asked them which would they rather have - a father in the house with them while growing up or a big butt? I tell you 86 percent of the time, girls say a big butt because it gets them further.

Topics: Girl, Growing Up, Father

I am a huge Prince fan. It's a very rare thing for him to have people open for him. It's been the Time and Sheila E., and that's about it. Building a relationship with him has been like a dream come true. I've been looking for a mentor, and I feel like I have that in him.

Topics: Dream, People, Mentor, Sheila

Being on set is a hard thing. A lot of people are like, oh, you get to make a movie, and it's all fun. But the reality is, it's a lot of hours. It's a lot of reshoots; it's a lot of waiting. And you can become increasingly agitated by the amount of time that you are waiting. But that's real.

source: - "Interview: Jill Scott talks ‘Baggage Claim,’ Auditioning for Anthony Minghella & Acting". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. September 25, 2013.

Topics: Fun, Real, People, Hard Things

I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He's only two but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza.

source: - "Jill Scott: 'In Botswana I ate wopani worms. They were terrible. They crawl and have legs'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

Topics: Baby, Son, Vocabulary

I think human beings will always still really enjoy using our imaginations, and Fringe allows you to do that. It's slightly scary and believable. There just might be an alternate universe. There just might be people on the other side that are like us, living a different life.

source: - "Jill Scott Talks FRINGE, Why She Wanted the Role, Hopes for Her Character, Being Part of the Final Season, Working with the Cast and Future Guest Spots". Interview with Kelly L. Carter, collider.com. September 3, 2013.

Topics: Thinking, People, Imagination

I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're jumping rope and playing games. I think that's the first time I heard rhyming words - I don't know if I'd call that the definitive poetry, but that's when I heard rhyming words said and not necessarily sung.

Topics: Kids, Thinking, Playing Games, Limerick

When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. Own a Picasso was one of those things.

source: - "Jill Scott: 'I was told I'd never have kids - my son is due in 5 weeks'". The Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2009.

Topics: Lists, Things To Do, Died

There are repercussions to everything, even advancement and success. And I think that the repercussions to my success was the loss of my marriage.

Topics: Loss, Thinking, Advancement

People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters that I believe that I am not. Like my role on 'Law and Order.' That character unnerved people. And I loved every second of it. I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

source: - "Jill Scott talks 'Baggage Claim,' Auditioning for Anthony Minghella & Acting". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. September 25, 2013.

Topics: Believe, Character, Order

Seriously, in America there are more big, curvy girls than there are little girls, and men love us, too.

source: - "New Jill Scott Swings to Hollywood [INTERVIEW]". Interview with Kelly L. Carter, www.ebony.com. September 3, 2013.

Topics: Girl, Men, America

Sometimes I felt as a writer I was purging, and it almost hurt to purge to that level. Now it doesn't feel that way, maybe because I'm older. Maybe life has given me some punches, but it didn't knock me down.

Topics: Hurt, Levels, Way, Purging

I'm a secret interior decorator. There's a mural on my dining room wall of the railroad tracks at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. I love having my hometown with me out here in California.

Topics: Wall, California, Philadelphia, Decorators, Dining Rooms

I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice.

Topics: Practice, Listening, Training

The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!

source: - "Jill Scott: 'I was told I'd never have kids - my son is due in 5 weeks". Interview with Mirror, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2009.

Topics: Art, Growing Up, Grandmother, Silver Platter

The video for 'Whatever' is kind of a documentary in a way. It's showing that love can last. Not just in your early 20s or your late 30s, but in your 50s, 60s and 70s. There's an awful myth out there that when you get married, love and lovemaking fade. It's not true.

Topics: Video, Awful, Way, Married Love

I don't want to force anything on anyone. I'm not trying to bust you over the head and make you buy this record or this song or whatever. I'm presenting it to you so you can take it in. You know, it's like trying to force a kid to eat broccoli. If I present it as trees that make your muscles grow, my son is like, 'I'm down with getting muscles.'

source: - "New Jill Scott Swings to Hollywood [INTERVIEW]". Interview with Kelly L. Carter, www.ebony.com. September 3, 2013.

Topics: Song, Kids, Tree

When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that.

Topics: People, Firsts, Scream

I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.

source: - "What I see in the mirror" by Jill Scott, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2011.

Topics: Girl, Loss, Meals

I love foods that start in my cheeks and then vibrate up.

source: - "Jill Scott: 'In Botswana I ate wopani worms. They were terrible. They crawl and have legs'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

Topics: I Love Food, Food Love, Cheeks

Mos Def is one of the most creative, intelligent human beings I've had the opportunity to work with. He is fun. The entire time, he would go in and out of different characters, just for the fun of it. Awesome energy.

Topics: Fun, Character, Intelligent

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

Topics: Mistake, Talent, Given

Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.

source: - Interview with James Walsh, www.mtv.co.uk. June 27, 2012.

Topics: People, Soul, Touching

I've been around the world and I've had bras made in different places, and each time I'm experiencing the same troubles: the painful shoulders, the underwire cutting into my flesh.

Topics: Cutting, Different, World

I defy any woman who is pregnant and trying to concentrate really hard not to feel distracted.

Topics: Trying, Feels, Distracted