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“The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.”
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“I sing to the realists .People who accept it like it is .”
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“I've always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.”
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“R-E-S-P-E-C-T!!!”
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“Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you’re doing.
If you’re not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.”
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If you’re not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.”
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“It’s the rough side of the mountain that’s the easiest to climb; the smooth side doesn’t have anything for you to hang on to.”
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“You cannot define a person on just one thing. You can't just forget all these wonderful and good things that a person has done because one thing didn't come off the way you thought it should come off.”
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“If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.”
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“Great gowns, beautiful gowns.”
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“Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well”
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