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" The TLC sound! That's what's so awesome - we have our own sound. "
Tionne Watkins
Own
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TLC
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" Miracles happen every day - I'm one! "
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" Good music is good music. "
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" The record business sucks! "
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" We were always authentic when it came to our style. From when we started to the height of our fame, we've always been consistent in our look because how we dressed was a result of how we felt. We weren't playing dress-up. "
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" Great music, timeless music is hard to come by, but there are some that are like that. "
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" Music is my heart. "
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" When you Google someone's name, it matters to me what shows up. Not the lies, but like, did you change lives? Did you do something while you were here? "
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" To have a body of work is a blessing - when you have songs that have been around generation after generation that they call timeless music, you can work that for a long time. "
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" I've been through a lot with sickle-cell, but my recovery from the brain tumor was the hardest thing. "
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" Bell Biv Devoe, back in the day, we used to look up to them. They had incredible style back then, so we wanted to be like them. "
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" A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself. "
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" I feel naked without earrings. I'll pass out twice. It feels like I'm missing a body part. "
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" I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out. "
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" You're always in a blessed position if you have a great success story, especially to be in a position to be able to tell it so people can even understand. "
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" In life, you have to learn how to heal. You never get over stuff, but you have to learn how to heal. "
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" The interesting thing about the TLC network is that they were interested in following me, not leading me. "
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Me
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" I remember getting flowers and champagne for being one of the first black artists on MTV. That was a big deal. "
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" 'Creep,' unfortunately, was one of my true stories. "
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" I'm hoping that somehow with songs like 'American Gold' there will be some kind of justice, and people just stop being so close-minded to where they're like, 'Oh, it's not race.' It's easy to say that when you're not black and you haven't experienced it. "
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" TLC always looked up to male bands. We saw guy groups could just go out and get the fans screaming by just standing there - fully clothed and with nothing but their music... We saw them as the competition more than the girl groups, with whom we wanted to stay unified. "
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" I never thought black people would say I wasn't black enough. It didn't turn me into a bully - it just put me on the defensive. I had to watch my back. It made me stronger because I learned how to deal with ignorance. "
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Thought
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" TLC never broke up. We are sisters for life. "
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" One thing, parents: you need to realize is you've got to stop letting artists raise your kids. You're the parent. Why don't you monitor what your child wears? Ariana Grande didn't sign on to be a role model. "
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" I was told I wouldn't live past 30 or have children. "
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" If it has something of substance and a platform that makes sense, I can share my story. You can get a little more into my life, and I can mesh my singing with things I love to do and writing for others and telling my story in hopes of helping someone. I'm all for it. "
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" Because of my sickle-cell disease, I have a high tolerance for pain. "
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" In life, when you lose anyone, there's always an adjustment period - emotionally, mentally and physically. "
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" I would like to confirm that Perri Reid was the only person who ever suggested that Chilli leave TLC. "
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" I'm in charge of raising a young woman one day, to be a mother and hopefully a wife. "
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