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" I am one of the people who don't really agree with that lifestyle. I wasn't brought up that way; it wasn't how I was raised, but I do have a lot of friends and a lot of people that I love dearly who are gay and homosexual, and they're such sweet, nice people. "

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" My ex-husband didn't like my singing. He didn't like my hair. He hated my eyes. Everything. Everything he complimented me on when we first met, he just hated. "

La'Porsha Renae

Singing

Eyes

" I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value. Hopefully, with the span of my career, I can try to convey that in more ways than one. "

" Anyone is welcome to hang out with me and have fun or sit down with me and talk. I don't discriminate against anyone. And I don't condone hating someone or treating them badly because they live differently than I do. "

La'Porsha Renae

Fun

Welcome

" Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them in my music, and I put them in my persona and my - they help me form into the artist that I am, so - for people to actually hear that come through the music is exciting. "

" The reaction that I got from 'Diamonds' I would have expected to get from 'House of the Rising Sun' or one of the other songs. "

" I can't wait to meet Jennifer Hudson, Tamyra Gray, George Huff, Ruben Studdard, and I love me some Clay Aiken. "

" First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six. "

" I would describe my sound as classic Motown. "

" I'm an old spirit, and my voice tends to be kind of heavy and loud. I've been referenced as 'a young Aretha.' "

" I found a belief system that worked for me, and I said, you know what, 'I actually do want to give being with men another chance.' "

" We don't have to have the same truths or personal belief systems to love one another and get along. "

" I want to bring that old soul back, the meaningful lyrics and all of that. And I can't think of a better way to do that than through Motown. "

" I learned that sometimes our struggles are a little bit bigger than us and talking about them and coming through and having the courage to get out of them. I learned how many I touched and inspired through the journey of 'Idol' because I was just singing on the show. I wasn't really being an advocate for anything. "

" I haven't always been confident. I actually suffered with low self-esteem growing up. Eventually, I got to a point where I was just like, 'OK, this is taking too much energy.' After that, I started accepting myself for who I was, and I was like, whoever is not going to accept it, they weren't really meant to be in my life in that way. "

" This is how I feel about the LGBT community: they are people just like us. "

La'Porsha Renae

Community

Just

" Everybody is a human being. We should be able to coexist with one another. "

" When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people. "

" I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real. "

" Sometimes when you do interviews, it gets twisted up. "

La'Porsha Renae

You

Sometimes

" My parents got to see all my hard work pay off. "

" A lot of fans have been requesting that in-your-face song, a sense of feeling empowered. And 'Good Woman' is that: a relatable song celebrating the good woman. I'm also really proud of the third verse, which I wrote. "

" When I first start writing a song, I usually write the title first, then the song, and I'll sing the song in my head and think of a visual of the song. If I can't think of a visual behind the song, I'll throw the song away. "

" Although all of us may not agree with that particular lifestyle for religious reasons, whatever the reason is, you still treat each other with respect. "

" I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live. "

La'Porsha Renae

Live

" A lot of my fans wanted a kind of 'in your face' song. They wanted a song that exemplifies me overcoming the situation I was in and just that triumphant kind of song. So, I felt like I wanted to go ahead and get that out of both of our systems with 'Good Woman'. "

" A lot of people I guess, well, some people change when they get in spotlights and everything, but you can take the girl out of Mississippi, but you can't take Mississippi out the girl! "

" I grew up in Christianity. They preach a lot that you should get married and be a wife and be a virtuous woman and all of that. So I was so eager to do that, and I didn't really take the time I needed to grow into my own. And I ended up running into a really bad situation. I didn't even really date my ex-husband. We just kind of jumped into it. "

" I'm proud of my curves, my daughter, as well as the harsh past that helped shape me into the strong woman I am today. "

La'Porsha Renae

Past

Daughter

" People say a lot of hurtful things, but in a way, the abuse that I endured from my husband prepared me for that. The things I had been told and drilled into my head from him were worse than what anybody could say to me. "

La'Porsha Renae

Say

People

" Now I'm going to show a side of me I haven't shown before. I'm going to be fierce. "

La'Porsha Renae

Going

Fierce