Tionne Watkins Quotes
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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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At the end of the day we feel the same; we all hurt.
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Music is my heart.
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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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One thing, parents: you need to realize is you've got to stop letting artists raise your kids. You're the parent. Why don't you monitor what your child wears? Ariana Grande didn't sign on to be a role model.
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I've worked in the studio with a lot of young girls, and they'll go, 'Oh, the label is telling me to take off my clothes, and I don't feel comfortable.' Well if you don't feel comfortable, don't do it.
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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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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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I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.
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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 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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Everything happens the way it's supposed to because it's just like cavemen - you evolve and grow and learn.
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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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I'm open. All of my situations have made me who I am.
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'Waterfalls' spoke to so many people at a time where people needed to feel like somebody was on their side.