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I don't take myself too seriously, or I at least try not to, and I want to encourage other people to live that way because it's a much better way to go about your life.
When I was a kid, people people would always say, 'Oh you look like Chilli from TLC.' It wasn't until I did 'Akeelah and the Bee' that people started saying I looked like Angela Bassett, but before then it was Chilli.
I always told myself that if I was going to be given a voice, I might as well say something worth listening to and not something that's just going to feed people stupidity.
I've always been trying to write songs that hit you in the stomach but ones that make people feel like things will be just fine.
You have people ask us how you get through all the stuff that Skynyrd's been through, and I think it's the music; it really is.
If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens.
One thing I'd tell an up-and-coming singer is to never rely on other people for anything. The more self-sufficient you can be, the better off you'll be.
It's the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that's all you can do.
I try to bring myself to every role. The last thing you want to seem like to other people is a talking head or an actor reading lines.
