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I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it’s kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.

Queen Latifah

Beauty is not just a white girl. It’s so many different flavors and shades.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Appearance Beautiful Flavor Self Love Shade
I’m proud of everything I do, but I think I’m the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Act Happiness Help Myself Proud Thinking
I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Limitation Music Myself
I never really took any acting classes. I’m just a natural ham, I guess.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Act Myself Natural
You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Love Smart Time Yourself
I do feel like I have a direct connection with God for some reason; always have since I was a little kid – I would talk to God, talk to the sky.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Connection Direction Reason Sky Talk
I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn’t work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Mother Myself Promise Time
I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I’m living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Accomplishment Confidence Empowerment Feeling Goal Live Myself Woman
I write pretty often. I have a home studio. Music is what I do for fun. I never get tired of it, so to take a break from [TV and movies], I would go make some music.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Break Home Music Myself Writing
New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Greatness Live Place World
I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Citizenship Female Myself People Teaching
When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Actor Gift Necessary Performance Yourself
To step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make. What was difficult was the work and the practice that went into becoming good at it, because I hadn’t had any training.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Act Difficult Myself Training Transition
There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Confidence Inspirational People Person
instinct leads me to another flow.
QUEEN LATIFAH

Flow Leadership Myself
When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, ‘You’re either going to love yourself or hate yourself.’ And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.
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Choice Hate Love Mirror Yourself

I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it’s kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.

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I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it’s kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.

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