Quotes from Jill Scott

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

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

If you can't help me grow, there's no point with you being in my life.

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?

Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place.

I could float in the pool for hours, just letting the water carry me.

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

Once I started looking for a record deal, I had a trainer. And the trainer told me that I would never sell a record if I didn't lose weight.

I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.

I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice.

I defy any woman who is pregnant and trying to concentrate really hard not to feel distracted.

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.

'Saturday Night Live' is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.

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.

There's a high school in Camden, New Jersey, I call the Jill Scott School. It's the Camden Creative Arts High School. Those teachers and kids are so passionate about what they do, and 98 percent of the senior class went on to college.

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.

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.

A woman is more than the sum of her parts. So I had an opportunity to present some work at the White House. I chose not just to talk about the sky, the planet, love or heartache. I wanted to actually be there, to place a mark on that moment.

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

As slavery died for the greater good of America, and the movement for equality sputtered to life, the white woman was on the cover of every American magazine. She was the dazzling jewel on every movie screen, the glory of every commercial and television show.

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

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

I am more spiritual than religious.

I'm going to do as much as I can with this life, and then I'm going to make sure to take some time off and be simple and ride my bike and hang out with friends.