Meshell Ndegeocello People Quotations

Sometimes people ask what it was like when I got to meet Mick Jagger, and I must admit that you just try and chill out and be your best self around anyone that you meet.

Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and he didn't give a hoot about what the purists said.

You make a choice to make music or be an actor, and people automatically think they can have access to your life.

It's hard being bisexual, omnisexual, multisexual, whatever you want to call it, when people have their agenda and expect you to just represent their agenda.

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.

My legacy is in my family, not in my work. For me. I don't know about for other people. I try to forget a lot.

Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.