The person I would trust the most is my mom. She's just really creative... She's a playwright and she's a musician.

- Jazmine Sullivan

When I find myself having that much trouble with a song or a character or a story, I tend to move on.

- Jazmine Sullivan

If you hear a good song, it makes you hopeful like, That is out there.

- Jazmine Sullivan

I guess when I got into my preteens, I turned about 12 and I decided to sing R&B, because I felt like one day there were some things I felt like I wo…

- Jazmine Sullivan

After you've been away, people's expectations are like, "Well, you better have something to show for it. Tell us why you've been away so long!"

- Jazmine Sullivan

I'm not great with breathing, like holding notes. I usually don't. A lot of people wouldn't believe it, but I don't focus on technical stuff.

- Jazmine Sullivan

I think a lot of the way that I try to write my stories come from watching my mom write plays and trying to do that.

- Jazmine Sullivan

I would just be vibing with whatever I liked the most. And then there were a couple songs that I started on my own. I would have a melody or an idea …

- Jazmine Sullivan

What's kind of weird is that when I'm writing I don't know where I'm going to go.

- Jazmine Sullivan