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" I would describe my sound as classic Motown. "

La'Porsha Renae
Classic
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" I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real. "
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" I really do think that getting the golden ticket for 'American Idol,' it's just the start of something really great. "
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" We don't have to have the same truths or personal belief systems to love one another and get along. "
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" Now I'm going to show a side of me I haven't shown before. I'm going to be fierce. "
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" I have a lot of written material, and all of it's different. Some records that I have are country, some pop, some alternative rock. I just write what I feel, so I can't specifically say. I just want to be an artist of truth and an artist that stays true to herself. "
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" 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. "
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" I can't wait to meet Jennifer Hudson, Tamyra Gray, George Huff, Ruben Studdard, and I love me some Clay Aiken. "
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" I have always been a reserved and conservative person. "
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" Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on. "
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" I have never spoken for anyone but myself. "
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" When people ask me a personal question, I answer it in a personal way. I can only speak from the footsteps and the shoes that I've walked in. "
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" 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. "
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" I love 'Battles,' and I love what it's doing for people. "
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" I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live. "
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" Labels, boxes, and politically correct terminology all seem small and irrelevant when being compared to the violent and brutal attacks on the lives of people who are different than what society says we should be. "
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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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" When I saw how people would react and be touched by my voice, this was the moment I thought maybe there's something more to this than just singing around the house. "
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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 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. "
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" The kind of artist I would like to be is definitely versatile. I don't like being boxed in or put into a genre, so to speak. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Everybody is a human being. We should be able to coexist with one another. "
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" 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! "
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" A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good. "
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