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" A lot of times you'll have somebody who could be the most talented person in the world, but because they are plus-sized, they're not even considered for a call back. "
Kelly Price
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" Sometimes I gotta look in the mirror and say, 'Hey, they're still saying you're too fat, but you're here! They gotta take it or leave it.' And in most cases, if they leave it, it's all good because they don't need to be in my space anyway. "
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" There was no person, whether they thought I was too fat, too black, too country, too ghetto, too New York, too thug or too whatever! Nobody ultimately had the say over whether or not I was going to make it. "
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" As you know, I'm a black girl out of the projects of New York City, raised in a single parent home because my parents divorced very very young... welfare and homeless at four and then again at 16 and just not having the things or the necessary tools that society would say I needed to have in order to be any kind of success in life. "
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" On paper, my history says that my future was not very promising. But through grace, I have the opportunity to prove that where you start is not where you have to end up. "
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" There are many artists who feel that in order to move forward in their careers, they have to lose a drastic amount of weight. "
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" My weight has been one of the most challenging things that I've had to deal with throughout my career. "
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" When I first came into the business, I had to, for the sake of being able to sell myself as an artist, always be happy and jovial and smiling. I was the happy nice girl, and I am the happy nice girl, but I have my moments, too. "
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