If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it’s always cool. The kids are amazing.
AALIYAHThere is a bit of acting involved when you get in front of a camera for a video. Even when you perform onstage, you’re putting on a show.
More Aaliyah Quotes
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There are times I can’t even figure myself out.
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Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don’t think it’s going to be easy. It’s hard!
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There is always a bit of pressure to do a good album – to do good work, period. I really put a lot of pressure on myself, more so than other people. But I try not to let that overwhelm me to the point where I can’t even do good work. I just put it aside and do the best that I know that I can.
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I think it’s important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don’t want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin.
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I don’t feel I made any sacrifices at all. I’m doing my best to juggle.
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It’s been so long and I’m lost without you, what am I gonna do? I been needin’ you, wantin’ you, wonderin’ if you’re the same and who’s been with you. Is your heart still mine? I wanna cry sometimes … I miss you.
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I’m involved in some action scenes, so they’ll train me for that. I’ll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
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I know that people think I’m sexy and I am looked at as that. It is cool with me. It’s wonderful to have sexy appeal. If you embrace it, it can be a very beautiful thing.
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It’s in how you carry yourself. I’ve always been a very mature person, and I’ve always known what I wanted. And I go after it no matter what.
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Everything is worth it. The hard work, the times when you’re tired, the times where you’re a bit sad… In the end, it’s all worth it because it really makes me happy. There’s nothing better than loving what you do.
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Whatever will be, will be.
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It’s fun to be creative and innovative and come up with something crazy. So I need people to work with who are not going to be afraid to take it to the left a bit.
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I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.
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Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.
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Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.
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I don’t think about my previous success. I’m happy that the work I’ve done has been very successful.
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You know we’re in a business where things are just unpredictable. You don’t know what’s going to happen…we were lucky Blessed, I think is a better way to put it.
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The Matrix is top secret. There isn’t much that can be said right now.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don’t discuss my private life.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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If at first you don’t succeed. You can dust it off and try again. Dust yourself off and try again.
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It’s Friday and I’m ready to swing. Pick up my girls and hit the party scene.
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I’ve been singing all my life. I’ve always wanted this. I sang in church, in school plays, and my parents gave me vocal lessons. My parents always said this was destined for me.
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My parents just tell me, ‘If you know what you want, you should stay determined and go for it. You can do anything.’
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People are gonna look up to me because I’m young, black, and female.
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