I’ve turned down a lot of arena dates because I’ve done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them.
WHITNEY HOUSTONNo one makes me do anything I don’t want to do.
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When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That’s what I wanted to do.
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My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.
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I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love
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God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?
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Loneliness comes with life.
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I believe that children are our future
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I’m either my best friend or my worst enemy.
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When the night falls, my lonely heart calls.
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Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.
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I decided long ago never to walk in anyone’s shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.
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I broke my heart for every gain, to taste the sweet I faced the pain.
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I have a mother that’s very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.
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You get that love from the people. It lets me know that all the madness I go through, all the stuff that the business has to offer with all its madness; it makes it worthwhile.
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My mother taught me beauty really lives in places like a smile.
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From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.
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I’m an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.
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I feel so blessed to just have done what I had done. To be able to just use what God has given me is a blessing. You know, never mind the Grammys, never mind the records, never mind all of that. Just to be able to sing.
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I love to sing, but it’s just not fun anymore.
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If you say my eyes are beautiful, it’s because they are looking at you.
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Nobody makes me do anything I don’t want to do. It’s my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I’m either my best friend or my worst enemy.
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I’m not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn’t do anything for my ego at all. I want to play places where people don’t have to sit in the nosebleed seats and wonder what the hell is going on.
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No, I’m not a drug addict, and neither is my husband. If that were so, you’d get a lot less work out of me. It would show in the performances and in the work.
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I’ve got a good man. He takes care of me. I don’t have to be scared of anything because I know he will kick every ass… disrespect him and you’ve got a problem.
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I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.
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My daughter is my greatest inspiration.
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I’m proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We’re all God’s children.
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