I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff like that.
BRANDY NORWOODThat’s the beautiful part about acting – you get to play somebody other than yourself. So, I’m open to people who can’t sing, people who can, people that sing a little bit, or people that sing a lot.
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It’d be negligent to say that I don’t want to be at the top of the charts. Of course I do, it’s proof that your song is being heard. But I think it’s more about the work for me and being proud of what I’m doing in music than what people think about my music.
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It feels amazing to be back on set. It feels like home, even though the territory is a little bit unfamiliar because it’s a new show, it’s a new character, but once you get in the groove and you start to settle in and trust the moment, you start to really feel at home.
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I think the Grammy is like the award, you know.
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I’m not an R&B singer, I’m a singer. I can sing any music that makes me feel inspired whether it’s Country, a little bit of Rock and roll but within my roots as well.
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I’m not going too far with it, but it’ll be within my roots. I feel like trying a different way to express my music because so many people have already taken from what I’ve done in the past and it kind of makes me not want to ever do anything that I’ve done before.
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I think different struggles in life, not knowing how to deal with certain things that have happened in my life made me doubt myself.
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It just feels like I’m on the right path musically and I’m in the right mindset to continue out my mission in music because I’m not putting myself in a box.
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I don’t get into the favorite songs thing, because so many speak to different parts of my life, but the music in the ’90s is just unbeatable.
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I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.
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To be on this set today, I feel very blessed for the second chance and for the opportunity, my record company believing in me and everybody here just showing me so much love and support.
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I have so much to talk about. I have so much to share. There are so many different emotions going on inside of me right now.
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The extra opinions and the extra praise is just a bonus, it’s not the main thing. The main thing is how I feel about myself. And I feel really good about myself.
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I definitely felt like I needed a break, because when you do so much, you’re not able to appreciate the things that you accomplish.
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Your children can be around you all day, but if you don’t spend quality time with them and you don’t pay attention to them and talk to them and listen to them, it doesn’t matter that they’re just around you.
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I don’t know how I feel right now.
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I think creativity becomes really beautiful and magical when you allow it to do what it’s needing you to do.
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When you don’t know your values or who you are or you start to believe things other people are telling you, you get lost. I was just lost because I didn’t know what I meant to music or what music meant to me. Now I just belong solo and I belong by myself.
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My daughter, I can’t give up because she’s watching and she’s here and she’s waiting for me to be an example. So, between her, myself, and my will, and me pushing myself, that’s my inspiration.
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The more natural, the better.
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I don’t know where to find a good guy. I just think that they’re around and I think you have to be good and at some point you’ll attract that. I really believe that. First, people should stop looking. The looking thing does not work. Just let love find you.
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The idea of kids helping other kids is such a great way to introduce children to being involved in charitable causes and volunteer work, setting them on the path to doing good for others throughout their lives.
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Whitney Houston is my idol and my mentor and my dream forever, like she will always be my favorite artist, ever, on the planet. Like I don’t think I’ll ever feel that way about another artist.
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I just feel my sexuality is private. I’m very shy about being sexy. That part of me has been so closed to the public eye. I’ve sold millions of records with my clothes on.
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My daughter hasn’t seen me with anybody in five years. I’m very, very selective when it comes to that because I want to make sure that it’s real. I don’t want her to see me with just anybody because she means everything to me.
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I’ve had to come through a lot and I’ve made a lot of different mistakes, but I realized that I never gave up. I wanted to so badly.
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When I was 17, my producer Rodney Jerkins was working with Michael Jackson at the time. He knew how much I wanted to meet Michael Jackson, so he says, ‘Would you like to come and meet him?’
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