Jazmine Sullivan Quotes

• Everybody is going to love me and this is not being cocky - this is just what I see.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Cocky, Being Cocky

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• I feel that the music that I do is somewhat of a lost art and it's not as popular as dance or pop music and people are not as interested in it. But it's something that I believe in and I feel that it's needed, so that's why I do it and I will keep doing it until everybody hears it and gets it.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Inspiring, Art, Believe

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• Why do we love love when love seems to hate us?

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Hate, Seems

  Song: Lions, Tigers and Bears

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• I'm not the type of woman who shows off my body; I'm a vocalist and I'm a writer and I think people see that more so than they see anything else. That's just who I am.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Thinking, Who I Am, People

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• The person I would trust the most is my mom. She's just really creative... She's a playwright and she's a musician.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Mom, Creative, Musician

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I think the way I write is kind of naturally rhythmic. If there's anything of my own in my writing, I think that's my own thing. Like when I start a song, I almost hear the rhythm more than the melody.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• If you hear a good song, it makes you hopeful like, That is out there.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Song, Hopeful, Ifs

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• I think a lot of the way that I try to write my stories come from watching my mom write plays and trying to do that.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Mom, Writing, Thinking

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• When I find myself having that much trouble with a song or a character or a story, I tend to move on.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Song, Moving, Character

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I would just be vibing with whatever I liked the most. And then there were a couple songs that I started on my own. I would have a melody or an idea and I would take it to the studio to go through it.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Song, Couple, Ideas

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• As I'm writing it, I'm kind of curious to see what's going to happen. It almost feels like I'm the writer and I'm the listener, too.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Writing, Kind, Curious

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• After you've been away, people's expectations are like, "Well, you better have something to show for it. Tell us why you've been away so long!"

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Long, People, Expectations

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• What's kind of weird is that when I'm writing I don't know where I'm going to go.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Writing, Kind, Knows

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I'm not great with breathing, like holding notes. I usually don't. A lot of people wouldn't believe it, but I don't focus on technical stuff.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Believe, Breathing, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• The love that I got when I finally did start performing again was all that I needed to just get back out there. Just to know that people were out there and they missed me. That made all the difference.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  Differences, People, Made

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I guess when I got into my preteens, I turned about 12 and I decided to sing R&B, because I felt like one day there were some things I felt like I would want to say, that I couldn't say with gospel music.

  Jazmine Sullivan

  One Day, Want, Gospel Music

  Interview with DJ "Z", djbooth.net.

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