People Quotes

I am passionate about music – and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have to be partying. It isn’t true.

People who don’t know me are so negative about me. When they finally meet me, they change that negative into a positive.

One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you have to work through it all.

As an artist, you’ve got to see the mess. That’s what we do. We get a human being, and it’s like putting together a puzzle. And the puzzle has got to be a mixture, a multifaceted mixture of human emotions, and not all of it is going to be pretty.

My country has given me this beautiful dark skin, courage, and strength to stand up for what I believe in, and you’ve shown me how determined and courageous our people are, for continuing to stand strong in a world where not much is expected of us.

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

Be the light that floods the wounds of people lost in their own darkness.

I work out with my trainer or do an hour of pilates at 6 or 7AM. I’m done by the time my household is awake.

Listen to other people tell their story, but don’t believe them. You know that it’s just a story that is only true for them, but listen because the communication can be wonderful.

People come up to me… concerned… that I’ll reproduce.