Gladys Knight (Empress of Soul) Quotes

Most people who ask me what's my favorite song, expect that it's 'Midnight Train' or 'Neither One of Us.' But actually, it's always kinda been 'The Need to Be' because of what it says. I love the way that song was written, I love the melody, I love everything about it.

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• I wrote my first book when I was 15 years old. And my second book '1,2,3 Publish Me!' shows everyone how writing a book is done in just the three secret editing levels I discovered!

  

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• The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

  

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• In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.

  

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• I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

  

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• If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.

  

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• I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.

  

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• My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

  

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• With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.

  

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• Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.

  

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• You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.

  

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• People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.

  

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• And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of.

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• On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.

  

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• That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other.

  

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• The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.

  

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• I haven’t had time to stop and think about all the things that have happened but it’s just crazy. I’m super glad and super honored that people like me. It’s just crazy. Also as a Finnish person that has never happened. I’m the only one from Finland, so it just feels super good.

  

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• Most people who ask me what's my favorite song, expect that it's 'Midnight Train' or 'Neither One of Us.' But actually, it's always kinda been 'The Need to Be' because of what it says. I love the way that song was written, I love the melody, I love everything about it.

  

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