Ari Lennox Quotes

Ari Lennox

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 26, 1991

People will appreciate who you are when you're naturally being who you are.

Ari Lennox

It's just really hard to commit to clean eating, and then sometimes you don't want to eat cold salads. Sometimes you want that warm comfort food.

Ari Lennox

I'm so thankful for 'Backseat' because it's doing so much. It's almost at two million listens on Spotify. It's changed my life. It was the song that Dreamville really pushed and they just really made it explode, and I'm just so thankful.

Ari Lennox

Something about Mariah Carey's songs really had me wanting to sing high like her.

Ari Lennox

I always wanted to solo at the church and they didn't ever give it to me. But eventually they did and I froze. But then I killed it.

Ari Lennox

I remember watching `Apollo' with my other grandma - I have so many grandmas - and seeing these young girls sing... I knew in that moment that I wanted to sing.

Ari Lennox

I always imagined having so much energy on stage, versus me being somewhat chill, soulful R&B.

Ari Lennox

I don't know why God has been blessing me to make it look like I'm fit. I haven't worked out in months.

Ari Lennox

I just feel Black women, we get slept on a lot and people don't recognize our greatness in our curls and in chocolate skin.

Ari Lennox

There are a lot of incredible producers out there. But that doesn't mean when you get in the studio that the vibe is right and that it's a fun experience, and you can trust people, and just have a good time.

Ari Lennox

Old friends call me Sea Salt, because my last name is Salter. Or Cocoa, cause my real first name is Courtney.

Ari Lennox

I started gravitating towards Soundcloud. So, that was my hustle and then I met my manager Justin in 2012 and we were just grinding it out in New York.

Ari Lennox

And I always was getting fired and quitting jobs, so I was not going to ruin Public Storage, and I was excited about Public Storage because I knew eventually I could be one of those property manager people that had their own apartment on site. So I had these big dreams for Public Storage.

Ari Lennox

I've been trying to be a singer ever since I was 2 years old and I'm a whole 27 years old now so it's like, things can happen or they can't. It's a humbling experience every year, every day.

Ari Lennox

I'm going to fight for what I want.

Ari Lennox

I can't believe people love my music. It just feels like a dream because that is all I ever wanted.

Ari Lennox

Academically I was never that great and I was not really into school. I don't know, I just really had a problem focusing but singing always came naturally.

Ari Lennox

I really think only Erykah Badu can be Erykah Badu.

Ari Lennox

Grandma Holly told me at three years old that I had a voice of an angel, and I just never stopped singing.

Ari Lennox

But yeah, YouTube started for me straight out of high school, so 2009, because everyone was going to college except me.

Ari Lennox