Jill scott

I am more spiritual than religious.

Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

I like a man who smells good. Puts on cologne; lotions his body. It keeps me wanting. I like feeling that way.

A nutritionist has told me to have very little butter and very little spices, but I can't live like that.

I've been enjoying playing with fashion - gold grills and diamond grills have just become a part of that.

When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.

I'm a secret interior decorator. There's a mural on my dining room wall of the railroad tracks at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. I love having my hometown with me out here in California.

The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't...

Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives.

I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.