I have a mother that’s very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.
WHITNEY HOUSTONFrom the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.
More Whitney Houston Quotes
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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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You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can’t fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you’ve got to be straight up with you.
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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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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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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 would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.
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Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody.
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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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I broke my heart for every gain, to taste the sweet I faced the pain.
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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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If I should die this very day, Don’t cry…cause on Earth We wasn’t meant to stay.
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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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I’m just fiercely protective. It’s like, that’s my lair and nobody messes with my lair.
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I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die.
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I’ve never felt like this in any other country. I feel at home, I feel wonderful.
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Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be.
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When you’re feeling full of doubt and fear has got you in a bind, love will save the day.
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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’d rather be alone than unhappy
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Judge not for your flaws, but for your Triumphs!
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Never let your heart take precedence over reason, otherwise you will have problems.
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My name is not Susan, so watch what you say. If you still need her, then be on your way.
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She’s my teacher, my adviser, my greatest inspiration.
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Loneliness comes with life.
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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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