In a live appearance at UCLA’s Royce Hall, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter India.Arie reveals the five most important lessons she learned after she hit rock bottom. India.Arie uses what she calls “songversation” to beautifully describe her journey from breakdown to breakthrough. “Songversation is not a concert,” she explains. “It’s not a lecture. It’s not a performance, even. Songversation is a practice that is part meditation, part prayer, part fellowship and part action.” At the height of her fame, India.Arie says she snapped under the unrelenting pressure of the music business. At age 35, she made the bold decision to take a hiatus, rethink her life and start over.
