Ledisi Quotes

Tell me I can't so I can show you I CAN!

When you don't know how beautiful you are, you will always be in search of happiness.

Be careful of who and what you let into your space. Not everyone is worthy of your presence.

There ain't a wrong time or a wrong place to flaunt. If you feel good, then go on and show it off!

Know the business you're in for whatever you do, know it and understand how it works so you can be successful.

I would just listen to the complaints about what I do instead of celebrating what I do, and that I'm different and in my own lane. It took a while for me to just ignore the doubts.

Let your work speak for you.Stay humble.And just DO the work.

So in every sense, from an independent artist to a major label artist, you just have to have great product, great faith and great people, they all go together.

I've had great people come in my life, meaning not just men, but women, support me and empower me. So that has lifted me to be the woman I am.

I'm just happy that I'm able to take care of what I need to take care of, live, and do the thing that I love the most and that is to sing. People want to hear it, buy it, see it, hold it, record it, bootleg it. It's fine with me as long as it's good but when it's bad I'm in trouble!

I study a lot of the greats; I study the current people out now and what people are listening to now. I don't shun anything away; I just check it all out and make my own judgment.

There's always a story in music, and it's expressed through my music.

It takes a while to really love yourself...

I'm everything I'm made of. So a part of me is made of classical music. I'm grateful for it.

I love opera so much. I would never go back to doing it, but I love to listen - I'm grateful for it. I studied diction, breathing control, phrasing, why the song means something. You want to bring that across to your listeners.

I'm not competing with anyone, or begging someone to love me. I feel like I'm loved and I deserve to be where I am.

Any success matters to me.

Just be open, life is about a constant journey and I'm very spiritual, but I'm also in touch with what's going on around me and who I am, and you have to know yourself. So for me, that's what keeps me going is just being interactive.

I'm very open, I love music and I love people so you need to know what's going on.

I love energy and people; gosh I love people even when they got on my nerves.

our product will speak for itself if it's that good and your fan base will come and people will want it. Having the right people in your circle is very important to help support that.

Although I'm known for my long, colorful locs, I still don't take my hair too seriously. I experiment a lot, dyeing it and constantly switching styles to grab attention. My hair is one of my best accessories and changing it helps express who I am.

Ledisi means to come here, to bring forth. It’s a Nigerian word and it’s from the Yorubu culture, I believe, and my parents named me, my dad and my mom, and really my dad, and I had no choice in that. That’s my real name and that’s what it means.

I'm known for long colorful locs but I still don't take my hair too seriously. Changing it helps express who I am.

I'm always doubting because I've been told so much that, you're not the right look or you're not the right sound, and, you know, whether I do jazz or R&B there are always complaints.