I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
QUEEN LATIFAHAnyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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I don’t have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, ‘You’re going to be fine. It ain’t that serious!’
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I designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I know, that’s the look.
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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.
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You have to allow your mind to create and then if you want to censor something and bring it down or point it in a different direction, then you can do it.
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When you’re rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
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Always follow your own path.
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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.
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Living for today will bring about dying for today. You can’t just think, ‘I’m going to die anyway,’ because that’s what’s stopping us from moving forward.
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So often, you don’t get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you’re on set.
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For me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It’s like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whatever you can do on the outside is all like a bonus.
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You need to give yourself the time to think freely. I don’t know if that is political. But sometimes things are political because you observe things that are right or that are wrong and you want to speak on them.
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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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I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.
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You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.
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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.
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