Jazmine Sullivan Quotes

Through my films I'm eventually trying to one day tell the truth. I don't know if I'm ever going to get there, but I'm slowly letting pieces of myself out there and then maybe by the time I'm 85, I'll look back and say, 'All right, that about sums it up.'

I definitely don't want to only make music in the Christian genre. I want to expand and kind of dive into whatever else is in store. But that doesn't mean I don't love what I get to do as well.

I don't want to feel that I'm a singer or an actress - being able to say that those are just experiences is what I enjoy.

My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.

Even if a kid doesn't go into acting or the arts like I did, some kids need that environment to find themselves and find what they love to do.

One of my biggest fears with 'Coloring Book' was that it would be labeled. I hate labels. I never sought out for people to recognize it as a gospel album.

Joanne' is a progression for me. It was about going into the studio and forgetting that I was famous.

I'm a fan of FKA Twigs, The Weeknd. I love that kind of ambient R&B. I feel like it's just another soldier in the war to blur the lines and make things to where it's good music and bad music.

I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.

The arts are so important not only to society but to ourselves as human beings. It keeps in touch with our own humanity. So access to the arts in any way, shape, or form is vital.

For me, working on original material is very important.

I think the range of my life shows in my work.

I don't think I'll ever do a record that's just the same song over and over again because I'd like to think about it like it's an album and a snapshot of everything that makes you who you are and where you're at at that time in your life.

Outside' was more of a personal project. This, the 'African Giant', is more of an African project.

My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.

As someone whose music is connected to his personal growth, I feel an obligation to follow this muse wherever it leads.

Whatever I ended up picking or choosing was always going to be a creative outlet for me.

New York is the opposite of East Germany, the crown of individuality. That's why I can work well here and find out what I personally think of the pieces I'm learning. I can lay aside all the baggage of German education. In any case, whatever I do, I can't lose it altogether.

I'm always concerned about growing as an artist.

I started doing drag because I needed a creative outlet for myself.

I think the 'R&B singer' title came from me entering the business at a time when R&B chick singers were the trend. I was fine with that, but I have a lot more to offer.

I want to make a better record than I made the last time. I want to grow. I want to discover new things about myself creatively.

I want to make decisions as to where I want to go as an artist, and to get to it in my own way

Everybody's creative. We create our songs and our paintings, our families and our children. Every one of us is on the cutting edge of the future.

From an early age, I never let anyone silence my voice. This steadfast attitude has helped me as an actor and has truly enabled me to explore and evolve the characters I portray on television and film.