Chaka Khan Quotes
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I'd been in a vicious cycle and circle of people and couldn't see my way out. So I picked myself up one day about 15 years ago and moved where I didn't know anyone.
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The bickering and fighting and hating that women do with each other - it's going to kill us as a race of people.
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I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do.
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Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more.
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But me and my sister knew all the Doris Day and Frank Sinatra songs, too.
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Every personal experience of my life impacts my music. I can only give what I have. And when I receive, I give it back. I often fix it or color it differently or give it in my way, but thats what its about.
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I'd like to work on putting art programs back in schools.
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I loved him [Prince], the world loved him.Now he's at peace with his Father.Rest in power, Prince , my brother.
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There is no perfect love - that's something I'm very realistic about.
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Spirituality has played an amazing part. Its been paramount in my life.
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There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to.
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Every personal experience of my life impacts my music.
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My mom took me to see Goldfinger. My mom took me to see To Sir, With Love.
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I can only give what I have. And when I receive, I give it back.
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But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other.
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One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out
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I control my life and I have never let success run away with me - I've taken it and ran. And the only thing that could threaten my stability is me - I'm my only threat and my own worst enemy. Beyond that, I don't feel successful. I'm nowhere near where I plan to be as far as my goals.
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I won't become a household word, or achieve the fame I deserve in my lifetime because of the way I look.
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I have some scars... lots of internal ones. But they're all scabbed over.
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Painted faces, sun burnt skin, fixed expressions, smiles worn thin.
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It sacrifices people's lives and their essences at the drop of a dimeI had a manager once say to me, You know you're worth more money dead than alive.
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Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me.
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If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison.
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If I love a song, I make it mine.
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I've been collaborating with Ira Schickman on some songs, and there will be many other, great musicians involved.
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Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.
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I've always struggled so much just to appreciate myself.
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I'm an extremely determined person. I'm very serious about what I do.
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I want to give some positive messages and to empower some people.
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I like to work spontaneously.
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