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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'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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" 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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" Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody. "

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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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" 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've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do. "

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" No one makes me do anything I don't want to do. "

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" I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems. "

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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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" 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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" What's in your soul is in your soul. "

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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'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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" I love to sing, but it's just not fun anymore. "

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" I'm good where I am at this moment. "

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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 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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" I think over the years, being a mother, I've matured in so many ways. "

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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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