I've had to find new and interesting ways to do it." I missed those things and it hurt me, too, so I took some time and now I have to shift a little bit - shift quite a bit - in order to still find my own groove. I was the person everyone else was observing, and it was strange to me. "It wasn't like I could sit and be an observer. "I used to get a lot of my inspiration from riding the bus, and I tried that and it was not a good experience," Scott says of her post-album profile. Being a fly on the wall and listening to someone's conversation and hearing what they're hearing, that's a whole other story, a whole other universe that I can dig my teeth into, or dig my pen into. "I love to see the changing faces of somebody on a train or bus, thinking about things, and here I am, imagining what they're thinking about, what they're going through. "To me, part of being a poet means being able to sit as an invisible being and watch the world, pay attention," Scott says.
Within a year, the spotlight was shining on Scott, making it difficult for her to do what she'd always done best - people watch. Indeed, Scott's transformation from little-known performance poet to major figure in the nu-soul movement was both dramatic and quick: Her very first writing credit, the hook on the Roots' 1999 breakthrough hit, "You Got Me," earned Scott a Grammy and a record contract. "I needed to cry a little bit, to reassess my life because it had changed so much." "I needed to go grocery shopping, and sit on my grandmother's porch, to sleep in my mother's nightgown and get on my grandmother's bed - things that matter to me. "The reason that I've had to wait is I needed to live," Scott says.
In Philadelphia, getting married to longtime beau and multi-song-inspiration Lyzel Williams, fixing up a house, recharging batteries suddenly spent.
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She'll be working with a quartet of musicians a full band tour in larger venues will follow in the fall. 31, and Scott will preview it with a short "buzz tour," including Friday and Saturday shows at the 9:30 club. 2." The new album is set for release on Aug. "Actually, I have heard that a couple of times," Scott says with a laugh from Philadelphia as she prepares to unveil "Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. Then two years ago, she pretty much disappeared, and folks started thinking any new album might have to be titled "Where Is Jill Scott?" Folks quickly took to Scott's bracing brew of soul, jazz and hip-hop, insightful storytelling and dramatic stage presence, as well as a glorious voice that told everyday stories about romantic aspiration, failure and renewal with extraordinary power and conviction. 1" answered its own question by selling 2.3 million copies, elevating the unknown North Philadelphia poet from "who?" to "whoosh!" via a stunning debut and sold-out tours here and abroad. IT'S BEEN four years since "Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol.
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