Zitat des Tages von Whitney Houston:
I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.
I'm not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn't do anything for my ego at all. I want to play places where people don't have to sit in the nosebleed seats and wonder what the hell is going on.
My daughter is my greatest inspiration.
From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.
I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.
I think over the years, being a mother, I've matured in so many ways.
Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.
I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.
I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.
I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.
I'm the kind of person, if, if I have a day that is nerve-wracking, or my week has been bad or something's going down, I won't eat. Some people eat, I don't eat. And it shows in my physical frame.
I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.
I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.
God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?
When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do.
When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.
I'm good where I am at this moment.
What's in your soul is in your soul.
I love to sing, but it's just not fun anymore.
In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad.
I'm older, I'm matured... I'm looking forward to the years to come. Good years.
You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you've got to be straight up with you.
Loneliness comes with life.
I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die.
My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.
I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.