Jill Scott Quotes - Page 6

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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.

  Jill Scott

  Thinking, Done, Feels

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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.

  Jill Scott

  Book, Library, Paper

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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.

  Jill Scott

  Dog, Beach, Creativity

  Source: aalbc.com

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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.

  Jill Scott

  Home, Feet, Understanding

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• I truly loved being pregnant and feeling what was going on inside my body and watching it change. It's difficult to recoup, but still amazing nonetheless. I would have another one.

  Jill Scott

  Feelings, Body, Difficult

  "Jill Scott on being a single mother". Interview with Kenya N. Byrd, ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com. June 23, 2009.

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• Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.

  Jill Scott

  Philadelphia, Minutes, Moved

  "Traveling with the Stars: Jill Scott". Interview with Kelly Carter, usatoday30.usatoday.com. March 23, 2009.

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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.

  Jill Scott

  Believe, Character, Order

  "Jill Scott talks 'Baggage Claim,' Auditioning for Anthony Minghella & Acting". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. September 25, 2013.

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• Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. Over the years, I had my heart broken so badly that if I didn't find a way to get all the pain out, I was going to lose my mind. I was crazy! Like, wanting to slash tires and smash car windows. Crazy! I was so hurt that I had to write.

  Jill Scott

  Hurt, Pain, Crazy

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• I'd love to work with Missy Elliott. I'd love to work with Bonnie Raitt. I'd love, love, love to work with Barbra Streisand. I'm reaching, because why not? You don't know what's going to happen in this life.

  Jill Scott

  Why Not, Reaching, This Life

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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.

  Jill Scott

  Song, Artist, Boxing

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

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• 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

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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

  Art, Moments, Reason

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• I would say for every successful black woman in America or in the world, really, it's difficult to be the head of the household, financially. It is for the man in your life. It can be very hard for them. And there's a delicate balance. I'm not quite sure I know what that balance is just yet.

  Jill Scott

  Successful, Men, America

  "'The Real Thing,' According to Jill Scott". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 25, 2007.

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• I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're jumping rope and playing games. I think that's the first time I heard rhyming words - I don't know if I'd call that the definitive poetry, but that's when I heard rhyming words said and not necessarily sung.

  Jill Scott

  Kids, Thinking, Playing Games

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• I think human beings will always still really enjoy using our imaginations, and Fringe allows you to do that. It's slightly scary and believable. There just might be an alternate universe. There just might be people on the other side that are like us, living a different life.

  Jill Scott

  Thinking, People, Imagination

  "Jill Scott Talks FRINGE, Why She Wanted the Role, Hopes for Her Character, Being Part of the Final Season, Working with the Cast and Future Guest Spots". Interview with Kelly L. Carter, collider.com. September 3, 2013.

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• I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He's only two but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza.

  Jill Scott

  Baby, Son, Vocabulary

  "Jill Scott: 'In Botswana I ate wopani worms. They were terrible. They crawl and have legs'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

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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.

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  Strong, Years, Long

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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.

  Jill Scott

  Grandmother, Men, Color

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• 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

  Pain, Artist, Thinking

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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!

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  Art, Growing Up, Grandmother

  "Jill Scott: 'I was told I'd never have kids - my son is due in 5 weeks". Interview with Mirror, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2009.

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• When Jett puts my face in his hands and tells me, 'Mommy you're so pretty' or smells me, it's so wonderful.

  Jill Scott

  Hands, Smell, Faces

  "Jill Scott Ebony Magazine Interview Features Straight Talk About Single Motherhood (PHOTO)", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 4, 2013.

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• I never expected the White House to be warm, and the artwork on the walls was extraordinary. I am a fan of the Louvre, but being there it was almost just as good.

  Jill Scott

  Wall, White, House

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• I had to wear a fat suit to play Mma Ramotswe in 'The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.' She's described as being like a small elephant, but she loves her body and size. When we were filming in Africa, it was 110F. It was torturous. I drank a lot of water and ate cucumbers all the time, and underneath the fat suit I shed pounds - I couldn't help it.

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  Agency, Play, Mma

  "What I see in the mirror" by Jill Scott, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2011.

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• I just want to continue to grow, as an actor, and dig. Hopefully, one day, I'll lose myself in a role. My only worry about that is that I just want to be able to come back home. I don't want to get lost forever. That scares me.

  Jill Scott

  Home, Worry, Forever

  "Jill Scott Talks BAGGAGE CLAIM, Working with Paula Patton and Adam Brody, Her Desire to Be on TRUE BLOOD, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 8, 2012.

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• I like to read Octavia E. Butler's 'Wild Seed' over and over again. And J. California Cooper's 'The Wake of the Wind.' That one makes me cry from joy. I'll mourn - I'll actually mourn - and then I'll cry from joy. She's wonderful.

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  Wind, California, Joy

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