Quote

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.

Jill Scott

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jill Scott
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: April 4
Actor
Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Poet
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Jill Heather Scott
Feelings
Belong
Didn
Suddenly
Home
Ground
Firsts
Feet
First
Told
Returned
Feel
Quite
Frankly
Feels
Feeling
Overwhelming
Like
Understanding
African

More quotes by Jill Scott

Image
When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. Own a Picasso was one of those things.
Jill Scott
Image
Most of the time, particularly with this record, 'The Light of the Sun,' I really just been standing in front of a microphone and blacking out musically, you know. I'd come back a couple hours later and there's six songs from beginning to end, you know? I don't know what I'm going to say. I don't know how I'm going to say it.
Jill Scott
Image
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!
Jill Scott
Image
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.
Jill Scott
Image
I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.
Jill Scott
Image
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.
Jill Scott
Image
A woman is more than the sum of her parts.
Jill Scott
Image
Anytime you share life stories with other people, you know, you are acknowledging their humanity and kind of accessing some things about yourself, and other people start to expect things about themselves. It's kind of like a fellowship.
Jill Scott
Image
I do want love. Genuine love.
Jill Scott
Image
It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me.
Jill Scott
Image
Africa doesn't leap on you immediately it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.
Jill Scott
Image
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.
Jill Scott
Image
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.
Jill Scott
Image
People think that lemon is good for the voice, but it dries it out.
Jill Scott
Image
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.
Jill Scott
Image
I could float in the pool for hours, just letting the water carry me.
Jill Scott
Image
I need to find creative diversity because if I get stuck, I get unhappy.
Jill Scott
Image
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.
Jill Scott
Image
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.
Jill Scott
Image
Just because you have a nightmare doesn't mean you stop dreaming.
Jill Scott