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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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“One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time. You don't realise how often you're disrespected until you are surrounded by respect.”

Humility Amount Dignity Realising Things I Love Dignity And Respect Disrespected

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“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.”

People Way Want Believe I Can Character Law Order I Believe Acting Roles Growing Deeper Actresses Law And Order Every Second

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“Sometimes I feel like a Buddhist and I need to chant; sometimes a Baptist and I need to holler and shout; and sometimes I need to be a Catholic and need to purge my sins and confess. It just depends on where I am.”

Needs Feels Sometimes Sin Depends Catholic Buddhist Baptists

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“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.”

Way Feels Sometimes Given Felt Hurt Levels Purging

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“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!”

Art Given Growing Up Growing Jazz Clubs Supposed To Be Grandmother Silver Take Me Concerts Mum My Grandmother Best Gift Silver Platter

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“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.”

Way Kind Lasts Late Married Myth Video Awful Fades Documentaries Early 20s Married Love

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“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.”

People Years Long Stills Strong Black Myth Going Strong

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“There's a certain level of realness in Philly. You know, just - people are people. You know, it doesn't matter who you are or who you think you are, you're just a person in Philly.”

People Thinking Knows Persons Matter Certain Levels Who You Are Realness

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“There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself. Recognize yourself.”

Children Checks Permission Starting Over Begin Again Check Yourself

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“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.”

Hard African American Moderates Diabetes

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“When I write a song, I tap into the emotion and the feeling and then I use the emotion to write the words. It's the opposite when I act. I use the words and tap into the emotion.”

Writing Use Feelings Song Emotion Opposites

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

Sometimes Principles Ass Kicks

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“What I see is trying to make sure that everybody thinks you have more than what you actually have. What’s the point if you actually don’t have it? If you don’t have it, then you don’t have it. Have what you have. Enjoy that . . . The craft is everything. Don’t be afraid of not being the wealthiest person in the room. Be the smartest person in the room. Be the slickest person in the room. Be the most creative person in the room. Be the most entertaining person in the room. Just be in the room.”

Ifs Thinking Trying Persons Enjoy Rooms Creative Crafts Entertaining Creative Person

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“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.”

People Feels Artist Passion Sound Differences Church Singing Feel Good Standing Out

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“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.”

People Ifs Knows Firsts Wanted Know How Folks If I Could Scream

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“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.”

Knows Trying Care Jobs Enjoy Our Lives Son My Son

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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.”

Real Shows Dies Love Is Self Love Appreciate Prepared Treasure Real Things Appreciate You Unyielding

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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.”

Understanding Appreciate Forgiving Forgive Yourself

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

Given Mistake Talent Making Mistakes I Make Mistakes

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“Ain't nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt.”

Sometimes Grows Hurt This Life

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“Just because you have a nightmare doesn't mean you stop dreaming.”

Mean Dream Nightmare Stop Dreaming

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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?”

Ifs Mean Doe Dream Lost Nightmare Stop Dreaming Loved And Lost

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“I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.”

School Names Grandmother Grandson Great Grandmother

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

Wells Actors Method Singers

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

People Trying Difficulty

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“Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.”

Feels Kind Burden Chores

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“I'm being all of me, and it feels stupendous. I don't want to leave this feeling.”

Want Feels Feelings

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About the Author

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

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