Once the songs really started to flow, my growing confidence, and empowerment, and authenticity naturally came through.
I wasn’t feeling inspired to write, I wasn’t liking anyone else’s music really, I wasn’t into melodies or words at all. I reached a point before making this album where I just became tired of everything dealing with music. The powerful ballad “We Are” is lifted by India’s whispery vocal and the delicate grain of acoustic guitar, with insightful lyrics such as ‘We are the silence in between the breath of all the words we say.’īut India also does some calling out on the new album, venting her frustration with our overstimulated culture on feistier songs including “Rollercoaster,” and the above-mentioned “Coulda Shoulda Woulda.” “There are some confrontational moments on this album because they need to be said, but all of them are consistent with my mission statement: to spread love, healing, peace, and joy through the power of words and music. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, and others, and the meditative “Hour Of Love,” with a moving incantation imploring the listener to take time for a simple spiritual practice of sending out prayers and good thoughts on behalf of others: ‘a little for your father/a little for your mother/a little for you sister/a little for your brother.’ The song is based on the Buddhist practice called “loving-kindness meditation” and says India, “a way to develop compassion for yourself and others.” She transforms those sentiments into powerful verse on songs such as the illuminating “What If,” which invokes global pathfinders such as Dr. A person who feels empowered in that way is a much more powerful force in this world.” The truth is there is nothing special we have to do or be, we all are worthy once we arrive at that realization. I set out with the title even before I had the song, which is unusual for me, but I wanted to remind people that even though the world ordains that you have to ‘do’ or ‘be’ something to be ‘worthy,’ that’s not true. “The songs on this album implicitly or explicitly carry the message and the energy of the word ‘worthy,’ because all parts of me are worthy.
“My favorite definition of the word ‘worthy’ is deserving of regard and respect,” she says.