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.
WHITNEY HOUSTONIf I should die this very day, Don’t cry…cause on Earth We wasn’t meant to stay.
More Whitney Houston Quotes
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I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die.
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I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at the clock in the center of the church. When I finished, everyone clapped and started crying.
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I broke my heart for every gain, to taste the sweet I faced the pain.
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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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There can be miracles when you believe.
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Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be.
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My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don’t fight it.
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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.
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Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let’s get that straight. OK? We don’t do crack. We don’t do that. Crack is whack.
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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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In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad.
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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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My mother taught me beauty really lives in places like a smile.
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I’m a person who has life and wants to live, and always have.
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Growing around great musicians, you just can’t help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to me that when I started singing, it was almost like speaking.
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