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When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.
Jill Scott
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Jill Scott
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 4
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Singer-Songwriter
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Philadelphia
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Jill Heather Scott
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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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It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me.
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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.
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My grill is intended to be discreet. It's there because I enjoy jewelry.
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'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.
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My mother's a genius. She just kept feeding me art on whatever we had paper plates, silver platter, didn't matter. You know, she just kept feeding it to me. So we went to see all kinds of theater. We would go to the art museum pretty much every Sunday, and I would watch her. She let me know that art was supposed to touch.
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Africa doesn't leap on you immediately it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.
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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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I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A woman is more than the sum of her parts.
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My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times.
Jill Scott
For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible.
Jill Scott
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.
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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.
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