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I didn't leave home until 27. I was an only child raised in Philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. My grandmother controlled the stove. She made a lot of potato meals - mashed potato, potato souff...

Jill Scott

I didn't leave home until 27. I was an only child raised in Philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. My grandmother controlled the stove. She made a lot of potato meals - mashed potato, potato souff...

Tags: mother, child, grandmother

I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship.

Jill Scott

I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship.

Tags: business, learned, equate

About Author
Jill Scott may refer to:

Jill Scott (singer) (born 1972), American singer and songwriter
Jill Scott (racing driver) (1902–1974), English racing driver
Jill Scott (media artist) (born 1952), Australian media artist
Jill Scott (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.

Jill Scott

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.

Tags: home, powerful, queen, household

My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record and you had Michael Jackson, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell and Diana...

Jill Scott

My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record and you had Michael Jackson, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell and Diana...

Tags: thought, influence, you

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.

Jill Scott

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.

Tags: change, body, loved

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 m...

Jill Scott

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 m...

Tags: relationship, courage

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,...

Jill Scott

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,...

Tags: reading, conversation, you

When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that...

Jill Scott

When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that...

Tags: famous, people, know, first

There are repercussions to everything, even advancement and success. And I think that the repercussions to my success was the loss of my marriage.

Jill Scott

There are repercussions to everything, even advancement and success. And I think that the repercussions to my success was the loss of my marriage.

Tags: success, loss, think

Being a mom, it feels like I did something so powerful and amazing. It's such a gigantic blessing, and a confirmation that the Creator exists. And all of that has made me feel sexier and stronger. I c...

Jill Scott

Being a mom, it feels like I did something so powerful and amazing. It's such a gigantic blessing, and a confirmation that the Creator exists. And all of that has made me feel sexier and stronger. I c...

Tags: mom, powerful, me

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.

Jill Scott

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.

Tags: life, friends, simple

I chose 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective,' or I'll say it chose me, and it was an absolute blessing, for the experience of being in Africa for seven months and learning so many different things, from language...

Jill Scott

I chose 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective,' or I'll say it chose me, and it was an absolute blessing, for the experience of being in Africa for seven months and learning so many different things, from language...

Tags: experience, me, blessing

Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. Over the years, I had my heart broken so badly that if I didn't find a way to get all the pain out, I was going to lose my...

Jill Scott

Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. Over the years, I had my heart broken so badly that if I didn't find a way to get all the pain out, I was going to lose my...

Tags: car, pain, writing

Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.

Jill Scott

Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.

Tags: soul, lost, people

I was reading poetry to my girlfriends, and they were like, 'You're really good. You should go to some poetry readings or something.' And I eventually went and got a, you know, somewhat of a name for...

Jill Scott

I was reading poetry to my girlfriends, and they were like, 'You're really good. You should go to some poetry readings or something.' And I eventually went and got a, you know, somewhat of a name for...

Tags: good, myself, reading

I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.

Jill Scott

I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.

Tags: myself, school, name

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

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.

Tags: love, world, people

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

Jill Scott

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

Tags: power

Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives.

Jill Scott

Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives.

Tags: home, power

I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're jumping rope and playing games. I think that's the first time I heard rhyming w...

Jill Scott

I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're jumping rope and playing games. I think that's the first time I heard rhyming w...

Tags: time, words, know