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Jill Scott
American
Musician
Born:
Apr 4
,
1972
Love
Me
People
Think
Time
You
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When I got my success, I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes.
Jill Scott
Success
Diabetes
Become
Prone
More
Since
Fell
Became
Because
Got
Decadent
Moderate
While
Really
Hard
At my aunt's funeral, I promised myself that I wouldn't be bound by the belief that I'm supposed to stay in anything - whether it's a relationship, a job, a house, or a circumstance - if it makes me miserable. She gave me the courage to find my own happiness.
Jill Scott
Happiness
Myself
Me
Relationship
Courage
Job
Miserable
Own
Gave
Circumstance
Promised
Find
Stay
My Own
Bound
Supposed
House
She
Makes
Aunt
Anything
Whether
Belief
Funeral
Africa the continent is not just what we see on the news. It's... not AIDS, and it's not just war and poverty. It's so much more. It's an abundant continent, and Botswana is an abundant place.
Jill Scott
War
News
Poverty
AIDS
See
More
Abundant
Continent
Just
Africa
Place
Much
There are a lot of difficulties with people trying to conceive.
Jill Scott
People
Difficulties
Conceive
Lot
Trying
Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.
Jill Scott
Love
People
World
Amazing
Dig
Our
Minds
All Races
Find
Understand
Genuine
Options
Places
Races
Full
Many
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
You
First
Feeling
Understanding
Overwhelming
Frankly
Put
Feel
Feet
Like
Returned
Been
Hit
Quite
Quite Frankly
African
Your
Ground
Suddenly
Belong
Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.
Jill Scott
You
Humble
Important
Incredibly
Respectful
Immediately
Slowly
Leap
Africa
I'm going to be a strict mum. I know that love is the most important thing - you've got to have lots of kisses and cuddles - but you also need to mix it with discipline or you'll be in a heap of trouble.
Jill Scott
Love
You
Love Is
Discipline
Strict
Trouble
Important
Kisses
Know
Most
Also
Most Important Thing
Got
Important Thing
Mix
Heap
Lots
Going
The Most Important
Mum
Thing
Need
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!
Jill Scott
Best
Me
Gift
Jazz
Gave
Those
Would
Classical
Silver
Given
Take
Supposed
Concerts
Smoky
Ballets
Up
Arts
Clubs
Grandmother
Even
Growing
Growing Up
Mum
Platter
Ever
Her
When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. 'Own a Picasso' was one of those things.
Jill Scott
Before
Own
Those
Picasso
Wrote
Died
List
Things
I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship.
Jill Scott
Love
Government
Relationship
You
Believe
Different
Your
Anytime you share life stories with other people, you know, you are acknowledging their humanity and kind of accessing some things about yourself, and other people start to expect things about themselves. It's kind of like a fellowship.
Jill Scott
Life
You
Yourself
Humanity
People
Other
Kind
Some
Some Things
About
Share
Like
Know
Fellowship
Expect
Stories
Anytime
Acknowledging
Themselves
Things
Start
Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.
Jill Scott
Me
Nothing
Philly
Out
Minutes
About
Gotten
Moved
Away
Philadelphia
It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me.
Jill Scott
Me
Song
Self
Excites
Puts
Instrument
Person
Rhyme
Whole
Fills
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
Life
Work
Love
You
Know
Reaching
Because
Going
Happen
Barbra Streisand
Why
Why Not
Streisand
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.
Jill Scott
Me
Looking
Lose
Once
Would
Record
Record Deal
Never
Had
Weight
Deal
Sell
Trainer
Started
Being on set is a hard thing. A lot of people are like, 'Oh, you get to make a movie, and it's all fun.' But the reality is, it's a lot of hours. It's a lot of reshoots; it's a lot of waiting. And you can become increasingly agitated by the amount of time that you are waiting. But that's real.
Jill Scott
Time
You
Waiting
Reality
People
Become
Increasingly
Like
Hours
Make
Real
Lot
Get
Oh
Being
Movie
Hard
Fun
Hard Thing
Thing
Amount
Set
Singing and acting suit me. I made a vow to myself to do everything that I can do with this life that I have, and I have to find the time to do this. Sometimes I need to be an actress. Sometimes I don't need to be Jill. However, everyone is always looking for the Jill in everything.
Jill Scott
Life
Time
Myself
Me
Sometimes
Made
Looking
Singing
Everyone
Everything
Find
Vow
Always
However
Acting
Actress
Need
Suit
I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni when I was in eighth grade. Her writing has a musical energy with pulse and rhythm, almost like jazz or hip-hop.
Jill Scott
Music
Writing
Energy
Jazz
Pulse
Musical
Background
Poe
Shakespeare
Could
Almost
Like
Hip-Hop
Hear
Hear Music
Discovered
Grade
Authors
Eighth
Eighth Grade
Rhythm
Certain
Works
Her
Playing
I don't necessarily think of myself as a feminist, but I'm a whole person.
Jill Scott
Myself
Think
Feminist
Person
Whole
Necessarily
I'm the girl that waits for the director to say, 'I like that,' or 'Can you boost it up?,' or 'Can you pull it down?' I'm that kind of actor. I started in theater, so that's the feedback that I'm accustomed to. It's the feedback that I really thrive off of.
Jill Scott
You
Director
Feedback
Girl
Thrive
Down
Say
Boost
Kind
Like
Off
Waits
Up
Accustomed
Theater
Really
Actor
Started
Pull
I'm sorry that 'Fringe' is gone. I really wanted to do more on that show. It was great!
Jill Scott
Great
Sorry
Gone
More
Fringe
Wanted
Really
Show
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
Life
You
People
Will
Enjoy
Living
Think
Universe
Other
Side
Our
Slightly
Scary
Like
Alternate
Always
Still
Fringe
Human
Just
Different
Human Beings
Might
Us
Different Life
Really
Using
Beings
Believable
Imaginations
I've been reading poetry publicly for 20 years, and this is what you do - you express, you sometimes dig a bit to get a conversation started. That's the point of poetry. You're supposed to go, 'Hmmmm,' and 'Woooh!'
Jill Scott
You
Conversation
Sometimes
Reading
Dig
Bit
Poetry
Point
Supposed
Go
Been
Years
Get
Express
Publicly
Started
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.
Jill Scott
Life
Art
My Life
Fall
Whatever
Down
Case
Because
Up
Artist
Going
Happens
Whether
Stand
Use
Stand Up
Why
I need to find creative diversity because if I get stuck, I get unhappy.
Jill Scott
Creative
Unhappy
Diversity
Find
Stuck
Because
Get
Need
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