American Quotes

Every day is new. It's just a new day. I look at six hours at a time.

Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.

Even with whatever people want to label me with, there are so many other sides to me.

Brand names aren't important to me at all.

I believe Aids is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.

Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right up my alley, that whole style. It has a style of its own but still stays very true to the classic arrangement, and I love it.

A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about that I feel don't get the opportunity to be shown. Sometimes things become very stereotypical and one-sided, and I feel like it's such a colorful world.

When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.

It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.

I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.

I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.

I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.

I love my own music.

I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life.

I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is.

And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.

I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.

I'm very happy with my body.

But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes.

Simplicity makes me happy.

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

Soul music is timeless.

I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom.

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.

I'd rather not have anything than be a liar.

With acting, I've always gotten by in life acting in situations. I'm a small person. I didn't have a chance to be a bully. But I could always act myself out of tough situations.