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Females in our generation morals are just out the window. Materialistic things aren't life. I'd rather walk in the rain with a man who treats me like a queen than to ride in a Benz with a man who treats me like crap.
Jhene Aiko
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What you create for you, no one can take from you.
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What you bring into being for yourself, no one can deprive you of.
3.
You have gotta lose your mind
Just to find your peace of mind.
Jhene Aiko
You have to forsake your sanity
To acquire serenity.
4.
Cause nothing really is and everything really isn’t.
Jhene Aiko
Nothing is certain and nothing is absolute.
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Change is inevitable. Why hold onto what you have to let go of?
Jhene Aiko
Adaptation is unavoidable. Why cling to what you must relinquish?
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My main goal in life is to just be happy. I don't compromise my happiness for anything. If I find what makes me happy I'm going to do that. That's really going with the flow of life. As far as like the mainstream stuff, if my destiny takes me there and I end up going that route, then that's fine.
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I’m cool with nothing cause even nothing is something
Jhene Aiko
I'm content with nothing since even nothing is something.
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Go with the wind, you know, like a sailboat. I think that's really important when it comes to peace… inner peace especially. You can't help anyone else if you don't have it together for yourself.
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'Set sail on the winds of serenity, for true tranquility begins within.'
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Life only gets harder, but you gotta get stronger.
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'Adversity only increases, but you must develop resilience.'
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I stopped looking at people's opinions. It's easy to get caught up in what other people think.
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I ceased paying attention to other people's viewpoints. It's simple to become ensnared in what the masses perceive.
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Love side, hate side, never in between
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'Embrace passion, repulse animosity, never wavering.'
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Suffering is optional. You’re gonna have some pain but it doesn’t have to make you suffer.
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Agony can be optional. You may experience some hurt, but it does not have to cause you anguish.
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You have got to trust the signs. Everything will turn out fine
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Believe in the portents. All will be well.
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I'm probably my biggest critic. There's nothing anyone can ask of me that I haven't already asked of myself.
Jhene Aiko
I am my own sternest judge; I have already set the bar higher than anyone else could.
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Just be yourself and wear deodorant.
Jhene Aiko
Be genuine and employ an odor-neutralizing product.
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Is it strange for me to say that if I were to die today, there’s not a thing I would change? I’ve lived well. Maybe I have made mistakes and been through my fair share of pain but all in all, it’s been okay. I’ve lived well.
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There’s no slowing down as the globe spins ‘round and ‘round. You gotta keep going.
Jhene Aiko
Accelerate as the earth revolves endlessly. You must maintain momentum.
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It gets crazy in my mind sometimes but the reason why I like to express so much positivity on my Twitter is because I think we all are battling evil thoughts. I think it's important to not ignore them but to try to understand where they are coming from and get through them instead of suppressing them.
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I'm not a party animal. I'm a chill homebody. I like to watch movies and go out to eat. That's my idea of a good time. I'm definitely able to be social.
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You know how a lot of people say, 'I lose myself in music,' or 'I like to escape,' but I want my music to be more of an awakening. I want it to make people to be aware of life; I don't want my music to be a distraction. I want to light a path.
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The way you feel is not my problem.
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I think as a person, I have a whole bunch of different sides to me.
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Shame on you for staying the same.
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I have a crazy sense of humor so if someone is just trying to be rude to me, or if you can tell that someone is angry for no reason, I like to entertain them.
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Writing has always been my go-to form of expression. Whenever I was going through something as a kid, I would write it down and I would turn it into a poem.
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I belong to the world.I'm in a relationship with the world.
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Sometimes I go and I'll look at people's comments and then responses, covers, choreography and fan videos and after a couple hours it's like, uhhh this is a little like...I'm like don't indulge in right now.
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A lot of time when I'm creating songs, they're in real time. When I'm writing the song, I feel what I'm feeling for its full potential. As soon as the song is over, I'm like, I created art.
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I don't think I have a sad life. I just talk about all my feelings and emotions.
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Nothing really came, everything was like inspired by something.
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I had my baby around 20 and I was always working on music, but I was always working on music, but I was doing other stuff as well.
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I'm not the type that would ask for a number or ask him on a date, but I have approached a guy. I probably would tell a joke or say, "You're really cute."
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I just want to meet as many people as I can and talk with as many people as I can, but whatever allows me to do that then that's my main goal. It's just to understand as much as I can about life and how it happens.
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I just like being a regular person.
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Of course we live in a world where we have to make money to eat so that's always nice to be able to sing and make money but to do something I love and to be able to eat from...it's great.
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I never felt like I left, I think before anything I am a writer and that's something that I do almost everyday. So it wasnt I guess public,but I still would put out stuff on like MySpace or you know whatever social networks were poppin' at the time.
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No music while making love... the sound of the love being made is better than music.
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Yeah, I mean I'm a water sign. I'm a Pisces.
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Everyday though, I'm just looking for like- I always ask people, What are you listening to? What sounds are good to you? Alot of people are in their car, in the club or on the internet looking and I just don't do any of that. Usually if I'm out and about it's because I have something to do, because I'm like a really big home body. If I'm at home, im watching Nickelodeon cartoons so sometimes I'm out of the loop with the cool music, but for sure I'm predicting that J.Cole is going to be good.
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I'm trying to teach people not to be selfish. That's the thing. If you have a good thing share it. Of course we're not in a sexual relationship.
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It's humbling because a lot of times people think because they are the artist or the celebrity or whatever they want to call themselves that they're above being a fan. If you like something, you can like it. You don't have to be afraid to say that so I really appreciate it and you know, to me, people are people.
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You're going to be waiting a long time before you start seeing money from it. Just really sit with yourself and think "Why do I want to be a singer?" like really think it out and if you realize that you really need to stick with then then be really focused and have good intentions on why you're doing it and it will work out.
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After I had my daughter, I kind of got comfortable with motherhood and had time to focus on something else then I started "Sailing Souls" with Fisticuffs, who produced the majority of the mixtape. I just wanted to put out something, like it wasnt really for, you know exposure or to get a deal or really anything like that.
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When I find something good, I stick to it for like a month. I'm usually late on like other stuff. Kendrick Lamar, I can play that often.
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I actually have a young readers' series that I wanna do, kind of in the same lane as a Harry Potter or Narnia or Twilight. I want to write stuff like that.
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I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with a compassionate ear.
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As I got older, I really got into Tupac's poetry, his books and just learning about his life and what he was into.
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If you look up in the night sky and see this light that's flashing colors, that's Sirius. It's a star system, and it looks like there's a party going on. What I like to believe in my dreams and imagination is, there's some of us on Earth that come from there, indigos and star seeds, who are hyper Âsensitive to feelings and Âseasons.
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I want to write some books. Books that have nothing to do with music, just some fiction type of books for a whole different audience of people.
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Because people love music, I feel it's my responsibility to produce more of the music and to get it out to more people, so like I said, If the mainstream route does that without compromising me being happy as a person then that's something I'll do.
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