Latest Ledisi Quotes from Interviews

• I'm just happy that I'm able to take care of what I need to take care of, live, and do the thing that I love the most and that is to sing. People want to hear it, buy it, see it, hold it, record it, bootleg it. It's fine with me as long as it's good but when it's bad I'm in trouble!

  Ledisi

  Long, People, Needs

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

• Just be open, life is about a constant journey and I'm very spiritual, but I'm also in touch with what's going on around me and who I am, and you have to know yourself. So for me, that's what keeps me going is just being interactive.

  Ledisi

  Spiritual, Journey, Who I Am

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

• Any success matters to me.

  Ledisi

  Matter

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

• I'm very open, I love music and I love people so you need to know what's going on.

  Ledisi

  People, Needs, Music Love

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

• Know the business you're in for whatever you do, know it and understand how it works so you can be successful.

  Ledisi

  Successful, Being Successful, Knows

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

• I study a lot of the greats; I study the current people out now and what people are listening to now. I don't shun anything away; I just check it all out and make my own judgment.

  Ledisi

  People, Listening, Study

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

• So in every sense, from an independent artist to a major label artist, you just have to have great product, great faith and great people, they all go together.

  Ledisi

  Independent, Artist, People

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

• I love energy and people; gosh I love people even when they got on my nerves.

  Ledisi

  People, Energy, Nerves

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

• our product will speak for itself if it's that good and your fan base will come and people will want it. Having the right people in your circle is very important to help support that.

  Ledisi

  Circles, People, Support

• I'm everything I'm made of. So a part of me is made of classical music. I'm grateful for it.

  Ledisi

  Grateful, Classical Music, Made

  "Ledisi: A Singer's Second Life". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. July 9, 2011.

• If love found me it can surely find you. I ain't even got one sad tear left in me.

  Ledisi

  Tears, Found, Left

  "Ledisi: A Singer's Second Life". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. July 9, 2011.

• I'm always doubting because I've been told so much that, you're not the right look or you're not the right sound, and, you know, whether I do jazz or R&B there are always complaints.

  Ledisi

  Doubt, Sound, Looks

  "Ledisi: A Singer's Second Life". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. July 9, 2011.

• There's always a story in music, and it's expressed through my music.

  Ledisi

  Stories

• It takes a while to really love yourself...

  Ledisi

  Love You, Love Yourself

  "Ledisi: A Singer's Second Life". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. July 9, 2011.

• I would just listen to the complaints about what I do instead of celebrating what I do, and that I'm different and in my own lane. It took a while for me to just ignore the doubts.

  Ledisi

  Doubt, Different, Celebrate

  "Ledisi: A Singer's Second Life". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. July 9, 2011.

• I love opera so much. I would never go back to doing it, but I love to listen - I'm grateful for it. I studied diction, breathing control, phrasing, why the song means something. You want to bring that across to your listeners.

  Ledisi

  Song, Grateful, Mean

• I'm not competing with anyone, or begging someone to love me. I feel like I'm loved and I deserve to be where I am.

  Ledisi

  Begging, Competing, Feels

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I've had great people come in my life, meaning not just men, but women, support me and empower me. So that has lifted me to be the woman I am.

  Ledisi

  Men, People, Empowering

  Source: www.pbs.org

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