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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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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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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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A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.
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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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The record business sucks!
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I don't care about Donald Trump. I mean, God is my president. So I just feel sorry for people it affects, but I don't care about him.
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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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I have learned to smile when I wasn't happy, to sing when I didn't feel like it, and to do things just to please my fans.
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Music is my heart.
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Don't sit there and wallow in woe-is-me stuff that happened in your past. Move forward. Face whatever you're afraid of. Or deal with it.
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I had to learn a lot about myself during the situation with my brain tumor.
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I'm open. All of my situations have made me who I am.
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'Creep,' unfortunately, was one of my true stories.
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I want to live. I didn't have time to die.
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'Waterfalls' spoke to so many people at a time where people needed to feel like somebody was on their side.
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I have to thank God for bringing me through and allowing me to continue to do charitable work for other sick children suffering with sickle cell.
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Everything happens the way it's supposed to because it's just like cavemen - you evolve and grow and learn.
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