A biography for India Ariehasn’t been written yet.
“Now that I have better producer chops, a country album is something I want to do one day. I don't know who's going to put it out. But when I do, I don't think people will call it 'country music.' They'll probably call it 'neo-soul.'”
“I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer. Many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical. My grandparents sang and played blues piano. It's literally in my blood.”
“There's a difference in being opinionated and judgmental; I'm still trying to figure out what that fine line is - I think we are all.”
“I think anyone who is ever on TV is a role model for somebody.”
“I've never said anything that I didn't want to say on a record, ever.”
“If I were not a black artist but I was still singing, playing guitar, and singing ballads that are spiritual and cerebral, I'd be easier to market because people accept that from white female singer-songwriters faster.”
“When I perform, I'm just very much just being myself.”
“At 16, I started really loving country music, and Collin Raye just had the most amazing ballads!”
“There's just something creatively fulfilling about watching a movie and writing a song for it because it helps you put on another pair of shoes.”
“I know that I pray a lot, and I take time for myself.”
“Denying any person their humanity is a game we should all stop playing.”
“Some people say, 'If she's so real, why does she call herself with a made-up name?' Well, India is my real name. Or they say, 'If she's so real, why does she wear makeup?' I didn't know there was anything wrong with makeup.”
“I don't really consider myself a teacher. I think - like, I have opinions like everyone else, and I just share my opinions.”
“Your soul is between you and God.”
“One of the things that helped me to be confident is to be the kind of musician that I respect. I always liked musicians who wrote their own songs, and so I started writing my own songs.”
“Everything in my music has always been emotionally and spiritually motivated... But after I started doing yoga, the place where I came from changed drastically.”
“I'm really judgmental, especially about things that I feel make my life harder.”
“What I love about Christmas music is it stays around every year and comes back.”
“Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it.”
“This celebrity culture that hypnotizes people into thinking a person is literally not real because you see them on television is a spell the watcher him- or herself must break.”