Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
ARETHA FRANKLINIf you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody’s supposed to respect you?
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Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s strengthening.
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If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody’s supposed to respect you?
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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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I’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it’s sad and smiles when it’s happy. It seems simple to me, but for some people, I guess feelin’ takes courage.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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Let’s start with the church. As you know, it’s my background, it’s a natural setting for me and it’s definitely my roots.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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If a song’s about something I’ve experienced or that could’ve happened to me it’s good. But if it’s alien to me, I couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about.
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