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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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La'Porsha Renae

Say

People

" 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. "

" I would describe my sound as classic Motown. "

" 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. "

" I'm proud of my curves, my daughter, as well as the harsh past that helped shape me into the strong woman I am today. "

La'Porsha Renae

Past

Daughter

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

La'Porsha Renae

Fun

Welcome

" A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good. "

" Kelly Clarkson definitely reminds me of Motown. She's pop, but she's also very, very soulful. "

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

" 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. "

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

La'Porsha Renae

Loving

Bad Days

" 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. "

" Now I'm going to show a side of me I haven't shown before. I'm going to be fierce. "

La'Porsha Renae

Going

Fierce

" 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. "

" Sometimes when you do interviews, it gets twisted up. "

La'Porsha Renae

You

Sometimes

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

La'Porsha Renae

Way

I Can

" 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 decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live. "

La'Porsha Renae

Live

" 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. "