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" This is how I feel about the LGBT community: they are people just like us. "
La'Porsha Renae
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real. "
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" 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. "
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" I have never spoken for anyone but myself. "
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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'm an old spirit, and my voice tends to be kind of heavy and loud. I've been referenced as 'a young Aretha.' "
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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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" 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. "
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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 come from really humble people. We never had a lot. "
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" My parents got to see all my hard work pay off. "
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" I have always been a reserved and conservative person. "
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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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" Everybody is a human being. We should be able to coexist with one another. "
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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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