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" 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. "

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" I've also gotten messages from men and women who are not the most attractive, in their minds, or are self-conscious about their weight. They're thanking me for doing songs like 'Proud Mary' and shaking a tailfeather, because they say I seem real comfortable in my skin and it made them want to be comfortable in theirs. "

La'Porsha Renae

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Men

Women

" I have never spoken for anyone but myself. "

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

" I really do think that getting the golden ticket for 'American Idol,' it's just the start of something really great. "

" I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do. "

" A lot of people behind the scenes were telling me that I was going to have to do something with my hair, my weight, all of that stuff. "

" I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to inspire and advocate for others who possessed many of the same insecurities I had. "

La'Porsha Renae

Thought

Dreams

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

" 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. "

" What made 'American Idol' different from 'The Voice' and all these other singing competitions... 'American Idol' just gave regular old normal people like me and like Trent a chance. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I do what I do to inspire people. They can't be inspired by an ego, a big-headed person. It doesn't work. It doesn't match. And I really want to be that role model for people, for children. I want to be real. To my fans, I want them to view me as a real person. Don't put me on a pedestal. I'm human. I make mistakes, I cry, I hurt - just like you. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor. "

" My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days. "

La'Porsha Renae

Loving

Bad Days

" There was a girl who messaged me and said she was on the verge of taking her life, then 'Battles' came on just in the nick of time. "

La'Porsha Renae

She

Girl

" I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up with him because I didn't think I was good enough. He wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I wanted to be an entertainer. His life was more planned out, and mine wasn't. "

" 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

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People

" My mom hates being on camera. My dad loves it - he eats it up! "

" Some people believe they chose homosexuality, and some believe they didn't. Who's to say one is wrong? It's not fair to generalize anyone's sexuality or walk of life. "

" 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'. "

" I knew being a musician was my calling when I was 12 or 13. I started singing when I was six but didn't actually see myself being a singer when I was 12 or 13. "

" I have always been a reserved and conservative person. "

" 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. "

" I would describe my sound as classic Motown. "

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

" 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.' "