Quotes from Terence Trent D'Arby

I am a holographic representation in the third dimension of what was requested by your souls that one of your favourite artists be.

As I meet more people who were my heroes, I see there is something about them that rings true with all I've ever read and heard about them, and that's all that really matters.

At the time of 'Neither Fish Nor Flesh's non-performance in the marketplace - I believe that's the expression - every single thing hit me at once. Legal situations, financial situations, the mother of my daughter and I were splitting up, everything.

I'm not sure a lot of us in the music business or in rock 'n' roll are given credit for irony or humor.

I'm the type of person that, when it's my time in the spotlight, I'll do my duty in the spotlight. When it's not, and it's another person's time, I'll go away.

Looks are like honey: They'll attract flies, bees, bears, but they won't necessarily keep them.

Terence Trent D'Arby was dead. He watched his suffering as he died a noble death. After intense pain I meditated for a new spirit, a new will, a new identity.

You have to hit people over the head to make them notice, and I did it.

I think some people enjoy that I say things that upset or shake up people.

In the first place, I was never a very outgoing, public person. That was a facade.

The experiences and feelings I have are starting to outweigh the words available to explain them.

There's a part of me which feels content to leave songs in a vault not to be heard until after my death.

Terence Trent D'Arby is the vehicle through which Sananda will let his light shine. I don't know what Sananda means and I have not allowed myself to find out.

I don't want to force my vibe on anyone, but you've got to learn to love yourself, as opposed to being in love with yourself.

I obviously wouldn't say on nationwide TV that I thought America was racist, sexist, homophobic and violent if they asked me why I left. I would just say America wasn't a culture I felt comfortable in. But anybody with a brain would understand what I'm trying to say.