I have a mother that’s very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.
WHITNEY HOUSTONWhen I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That’s what I wanted to do.
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I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.
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Growing around great musicians, you just can’t help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to me that when I started singing, it was almost like speaking.
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I’ve turned down a lot of arena dates because I’ve done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them.
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I’m an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.
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When you’re feeling full of doubt and fear has got you in a bind, love will save the day.
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Nobody makes me do anything I don’t want to do. It’s my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I’m either my best friend or my worst enemy.
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My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.
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From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.
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Never let your heart take precedence over reason, otherwise you will have problems.
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I broke my heart for every gain, to taste the sweet I faced the pain.
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Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let’s get that straight. OK? We don’t do crack. We don’t do that. Crack is whack.
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If you say my eyes are beautiful, it’s because they are looking at you.
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You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can’t fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you’ve got to be straight up with you.
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God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?
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In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad.
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