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Lord knows dreams are hard to follow, but don't let anyone tear them away.
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I didn't have a strong male figure in my life on a day-to-day basis. So I think that whole marriage situation, a lot of it stems from a place where I was out there alone as a really and I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me.
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Something in your eyes captured my soul, and every night I see you in my dreams. You're all I know. I can't let go.
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We have to go through certain things in order to appreciate life and learn lessons.
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Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.
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My father identified as a black man. No one asked him because he was clearly black. But people always ask me. If we were together, people would look at us in a really strange way. It sucked. As a little girl I had blond hair and they'd look at me, look at him, and be disgusted.
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We've been expected to be perfect but we aren't. We're still human.
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I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.
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We've all been influenced by other people...If Minnie Riperton never existed, would I have even thought of singing in that upper register? I doubt it.
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No stress, no fights. I'm leaving it all behind. No tears, no time to cry. Just making the most of life.
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I'm the queen of festivities, that's all I can say.
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This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!
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You don't have to be doing vocal acrobatics or singing all over the scale to have soul.
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You really just want to know that somebody loves you for you. Sometimes you feel like an ATM machine with a wig on it.
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I understand people want to hold on to their roots.
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When it comes to lingerie, I know what I'm doing.
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You can fight against people, and fight to the death, but ... can't control the world.
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It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure.
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Everyday is a holiday with me.
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My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's.
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You can't live with regrets. It's about the journey...
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We're all a little wacko sometimes, and if we think we're not, maybe we are more than we know.
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I never thought that I would have love again, but it's amazing how the universe brings love to you.
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Pregnancy was probably the best and the hardest thing I'll ever go through. I know for a lot of women, it can be wonderful and relatively easy.