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India.Arie Biography

India Arie Simpson (born October 3, 1975), best known as India.Arie (sometimes styled as india.arie) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, musician, and record producer. She has sold over 3.3 million records in the US and 10 million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 21 nominations, including Best R&B Album.

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I'm not just making rhymes and making melodies. I'm expressing my true life force, energy.

Energy, Expressing, Force, Melodies, Rhymes, True Life

I have, my whole life, been healing the girl inside, the part of me that struggles about being a female in the world. That's why I write about the things I write about.

Girl, Struggle, Healing, Part, Life

I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer, many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical, my grandparents sang and played blues piano. It's literally in my blood. My mother wrote an original song to teach me the days of the week.

Aunts, Blood, Mother, Musical, Song, Uncles

Either you're a hater or a lover.

Hater, Lover, Lovers

Because of what I've chosen to do for my work in the world, almost every time that there's something that I'm afraid to do that I need to do, I have to do it in front of other people. It makes me feel exposed.

Exposed, Needs, People, Time, World

A person's either responsible for themselves or we're all responsible for each other.

Responsible, Persons

I cant control everything, and I dont need to

Cant, Control, Everything, Needs

The truth, it needs no proof. Either it is or it isn't.

Needs, Proof, Truth

Everybody has their own path. I got mine.

Everybody, Mines, Path

Things that I'm afraid to do are always about being afraid of being exposed. Every time, that's what it's always about.

Afraid, Being Afraid, Exposed, Things, Time

I think it's OK that everyone's not real heavy and wordy and heady.

Real, Thinking, Heavy, Think, Heady

There are rules but there's really no wrong way.

Rules, Way, Wrong, Wrong Way

I like when a teenager comes and talks to me on the street. I've been through a lot and I have a lot to share.

Like, Share, Street, Talk To Me, Teenager

Because you never know where life is gonna take you, And you can't change where you've been, But today, I have the opportunity to choose.

Know, Life, Life Is, Opportunity, Today

I choose to be authentic in everything I do

Authentic, Choose, Everything

There's hope. It doesn't cost a thing to smile. You don't have to pay to laugh. You better thank God for that.

Cost, God, Hope, Laughing, Thank God

It's in my music, and its on my mind all the time. To spread love, healing peace and joy is my mission in life - and so I speak up.

Healing, Joy, Mind, Speak, Time

Over the years, I was doing what I loved to do, which is my music. But it was always a bit distorted, because I was doing the music in the way other people around me were telling me it should be done.

Distorted, Done, Music, People, Years

I'm passionate about the empowerment and healing of girls and women. Where I do the most work in that regard is in my songwriting.

Girl, Healing, Empowerment, Work, Girls

I do experiment with lots of different genres. In making music, I don't think of genre like, "I want to do this, because I'm going use that country music sound; I'm going use that hip-hop sound; I'm going use that acoustic [sound]. " It's just making music. So now that I've traveled a lot more since I did Acoustic Soul, I'm sure that different sounds will come into place, because I have been exposed to it and I like it. But it's not so much of a conscience effort. It's mind and spirited. You know, we're humans.

Come, Country, Effort, Hip Hop, Like, Thinking

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