Jill Scott Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me.

  Jill Scott

  Song, Self, Instruments

• 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.'

  Jill Scott

  Song, Kids, Tree

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

• 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.

  Jill Scott

  Song, Artist, Boxing

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

• 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.

  Jill Scott

  Song, Writing, Fire

• 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

  Song, Couple, Light

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

• 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.

  Jill Scott

  Song, Writing, Opposites

  "Tyler Perry, Jill Scott, and Janet Jackson Wonder Why Did I Get Married?". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. October 9, 2007.

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