Top 30 Quotes by Meshell Ndegeocello

About Meshell Ndegeocello

These are some quotes by American author Meshell Ndegeocello Musician, who was born on August 29, 1968.

Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.

Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.

Meshell Ndegeocello

God looks out for fools and babies.

God looks out for fools and babies.

Meshell Ndegeocello

I think secretly I've realized after my time on the planet that I have no control over what people feel about me or need from me, so I just have a more laid-back approach in my apologies.

I think secretly I've realized after my time on the planet that I have no control over what people feel about me or need from me, so I just have a more laid-back approach in my apologies.

Meshell Ndegeocello

I love children. I'd prefer to be around children much more than adults, actually. And I like animals, too. I'm just really into beings who are at ease with themselves.

I love children. I'd prefer to be around children much more than adults, actually. And I like animals, too. I'm just really into beings who are at ease with themselves.

Meshell Ndegeocello

My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around me all the time. The first record that really caught my ear was Clifford Brown's 'Brownie Eyes.' I grew up listening to John Coltrane and Illinois Jacquet. This is where I come from... I love improvisational music.

Meshell Ndegeocello

There's no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you know?

There's no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you know?

Meshell Ndegeocello

It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are.

It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are.

Meshell Ndegeocello

My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were genius in knowing that's as much as a listener can take.

My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were genius in knowing that's as much as a listener can take.

Meshell Ndegeocello

We're all just bags of bones and muscle and hormones; I'll never understand what makes our minds do the things we do. It's like that statue of the monkey holding a skull. We're trying to use a thing we don't understand to understand ourselves.

Meshell Ndegeocello

I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star.

I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star.

Meshell Ndegeocello

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