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 LATIFAHYou 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.
More Queen Latifah Quotes
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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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Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status – there’s joy in that.
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I’ve never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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instinct leads me to another flow.
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There are so many things I’d like to do. Like becoming a parent. To me that is the next natural progression in life.
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I’m not allowed to get a big head, I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.
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Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
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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.
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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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I didn’t know I had it in me. There’s more to all of us than we realize. Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think. We’re capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to believe.
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I never wanted to give up my power. I wanted to be able to make my own decisions, so that’s why I became involved in management, bottom line.
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I feel like every woman is a queen, and we should be treated as such, and we should, you know, sort of request that sort of treatment from others.
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Most people don’t have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.
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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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No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.
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