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" I had ballooned out to close to 400 pounds at one point. And in the '80s, we were just beginning to get on video and disco. So therefore, I did not fit in, and my record company let me go because they said, 'Look, you're just not marketable enough with the weight problem.' "

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" If your mind is not willing, everything will go. There's so much great power of our mind that we take for granted, and how we think and what positiveness can do. "

Jennifer Holliday

Great

Think

Power

" For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking. "

" I am, you know, really fighting for myself and my life. And I think the message that I could give to anybody is that it's never too late to start your life again and dream new dreams. "

" I'm a Broadway baby! So, therefore, I started in the theater. "

" I have been blind. I have been paralyzed. But each day, if I wake up, then I know He's left me here for a reason, and I have to say yes. And I have to get up. And I have to make the best of that day. "

Jennifer Holliday

Know

Day

" When I was suffering with depression, people weren't talking about depression. It had a stigma. "

" I'm quite sure we all have a sweet love song that we dance to or recall from our wedding or something, like 'At Last,' but I think that it is the love-gone-wrong songs that touch even men. "

" I know that the music industry has changed, but I'd love it if Adele and John Legend would write me songs. "

Jennifer Holliday

Write

Legend

" The LGBT Community was mostly responsible for birthing my career, and I am deeply indebted to you... You have loved me faithfully and unconditionally, and for so many years you provided me with work even though my star had long since faded. "

" Either you can sing, or you can't. "

" For a long time, they thought I had lupus, then they thought I had something else. Finally, when I couldn't walk, they did a spinal tap and conclusively diagnosed me with M.S. "

" Haven't a lot of us just missed at a lot of things and thought that we wouldn't have another chance at it? So we give up early. "

Jennifer Holliday

Thought

Early

" The gay community has been so faithful and good to me. "

Jennifer Holliday

Faithful

Gay

" The music industry is a very rough industry. Many years ago, I think it was even rougher in the sense that a lot of it was predicated on image. "

" Aretha Franklin, first and foremost... That's my top girl there. "

" I have health challenges, I have life challenges, just like everyone else. "

Jennifer Holliday

Health

Life

" Success is overwhelming. "

" A lot of my die-hard fans think I have a lot of hits, but I don't. "

" I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression as one of its side effects. "

" A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don't see a big picture for our lives. We don't love ourselves. We don't have a way of kind of gauging the future. "

" I was privileged to know the late, great Miss Etta James, and I did get a chance to spend some time with her and hang out with her. "

" Some people run away from things. "

" The biggest thing I've had to overcome was clinical depression. Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have once you can get control of your mind... I had to stop hearing the negative voices where Jennifer was not worthy of love or living. "