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.
WHITNEY HOUSTONWhen I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That’s what I wanted to do.
More Whitney Houston Quotes
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I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.
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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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Loneliness comes with life.
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I’ve always been a thin girl. I’m not going to be fat, ever. Let’s get that straight. Whitney is not going to be fat, ever. Okay?
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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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I love to sing, but it’s just not fun anymore.
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I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love
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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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I’ve never felt like this in any other country. I feel at home, I feel wonderful.
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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’m good where I am at this moment.
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I think over the years, being a mother, I’ve matured in so many ways.
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When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I’d be alone a lot. Basically we all are. 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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I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.
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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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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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I’m the kind of person, if, if I have a day that is nerve-wracking, or my week has been bad or something’s going down, I won’t eat. Some people eat, I don’t eat. And it shows in my physical frame.
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She’s my teacher, my adviser, my greatest inspiration.
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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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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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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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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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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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Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody.
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I’d rather be alone than unhappy
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