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Singer-songwriter

Jill Scott, born on April 4, 1972, is an American singer-songwriter known for her emotive voice and unique musical style, which blends soul, R&B, and jazz elements. Her music often addresses love, life, and social issues, and her songs have won the hearts of many listeners.

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“Don't stop dreaming just because you had a nightmare.”

Dream Nightmare Stop Dreaming

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“If a woman is happy, then your society is happy.”

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“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.”

Littles Made Play Light Attention Roles Acceptance Television Sweet One Day Claims Scripts Caught Screens Agents Cute Stations Slides Hearted Baggage Watching Television Light Hearted Scrolling

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“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.”

I Can Shows Asks Veteran Show Business Because I Can

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“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.”

People Light Together Break Jokes Treats Casts Plus Cracks Crew Hearted Light Hearted

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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.”

Made Hard Wanted Lost Roles Audience Commitment

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“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.”

Needs Made I Can Sometimes Can Do Acting Singing Actresses Suits This Life Vow Singing And Acting

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

Way Want I Can Acting Growing Deeper Actresses

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“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.”

Wanted Three Process Hours Roles Six Hated Agency Auditions Vary Detectives

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“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.”

Littles Book Whole Wonderful Paper Paint Library

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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.”

Thinking Feels Done

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“I don't necessarily think of myself as a feminist, but I'm a whole person. I'm not just breasts or ass or thighs - I'm a whole being! And it just seems like women aren't necessarily striving to be the whole of themselves.”

Thinking Persons Whole Seems Strive Feminist Ass Breasts Thighs Whole Person

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“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.”

People Ifs Enough Space Frustrating Booty

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“My stepfather was a very nasty individual.”

Individual Nasty Stepfathers

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“Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in my art. Why? Because I'm an artist and I have to.”

Art Use Happens Artist Fall Cases Falling Down Whatever Happens

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“I'm looking for someone who works as hard as I do. Who loves their work as much as I do, so at the end of the night we have something real to talk about, something exciting that makes our blood flow and boil.”

Real Ends Hard Night Blood Flow Exciting Something Real Blood Flow

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“That's what I enjoy most about my music, that it heals in its own time and makes us look at ourselves in its own time.”

Looks Enjoy Heal

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

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“I need my man to be my homie.”

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

Reason Husband Eating Broke Exes Broke Up Ex Husband

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

People Thinking Voice Lemons

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“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.”

Ifs Want Feels Play Emotion Air Instruments Fingers Invisible Right Thing

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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.”

Shows Fiction Mystery Television Science Fiction My Favorite Fringe Television Shows Inception

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“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.”

Men Persons Made Used Walks Acting Millions Stage Blink

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“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.'”

Sometimes Action Actors Waiting Musician Genuine Luxury Wait For Me Legit

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“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.”

“I am making an effort to truly live. I don't mean to imply by that that I haven't been alive before but, with my son being here and such a powerful force in my life, he's given me a freedom to be more. I think that sometimes we can get stuck, and just the fact that he's here says so much to me about my own existence. I didn't think I'd be able to have children, and this level of blessing is something I can't even put my finger on.”

Thinking Mean Children Sometimes Powerful Effort Existence Son Blessing Stuck My Son

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“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.”

Thinking Kind Authenticity Welcome All Kinds Brotherly Brotherly Love

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“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.”

People Thinking Done Creativity Dog Changed Beach

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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.”

Thinking Matter Individual Take Time Defining

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“God is ever present. He's in every breath, in every step. He's here, always, always.”

Steps Breaths Every Step

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“To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.”

Home Powerful Queens Household

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“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.”

People Thinking Way Blessing Angry Jealous Spiteful

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“You have to be humble when you're dealing with God.”

Humble Be Humble

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“I am more spiritual than religious.”

Spiritual Religious

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“Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives.”

Children Home Bigs Mother Powerful Influence Scales Your Children Powerful Women

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“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.”

Men Should Left Taught Color Deeds Every Man Witness Grandmother Judged Household My Grandmother Jehovah

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“I like a man who smells good. Puts on cologne; lotions his body. It keeps me wanting. I like feeling that way.”

Men Way Feelings Body Smell Cologne Lotion

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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.”

Men Want Trying Wells I Can Sometimes Order Grows Being The Best

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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?”

Ifs Thinking Knows Way Inspirational Beautiful Strikes Silly Why Not Compliment Stingy

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

Doe I've Learned

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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.”

Play Mother Growing Up Growing Shapes Museums Take Me

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“Being a mom, it feels like I did something so powerful and amazing. It's such a gigantic blessing, and a confirmation that the Creator exists. And all of that has made me feel sexier and stronger. I call it 'lava in my spine.'”

Feels Made Powerful Mom Blessing Stronger Creator Spine Being A Mom Confirmation Lava

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“A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.”

Girl Grew Lucky Grew Up Pregnant Were Pregnant

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

Littles I Can Spices Nutritionist

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“A woman is more than the sum of her parts.”

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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.”

Important Humble Leap Respectful Be Respectful

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

People Known Welcome Open Minded

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“All man-made religions are limited. I go my own way.”

Men Way Made My Own

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“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.”

Want Writing Character Actors Asks Sandwiches Great Writing Great Character

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About the Author

Born: April 4, 1972
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 177

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