Whitney Houston

You get that love from the people. It lets me know that all the madness I go through, all the stuff that the business has to offer with all its madness; it makes it worthwhile.

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

My mother sang with me in her stomach; I sang with Bobbi Kris in my stomach. I believe the child starts to develop within, and whatever you read, whatever you think, whatever you do affects the child.

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are.

Judge not for your flaws, but for your Triumphs!

Nobody makes me do anything I don't want to do. It's my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows. If I fail, if I succeed...At least I live as I believe. No matter what they take from me, They can't take away my dignity. Because the greatest love of all is happening to me. I found the greatest love of all inside of me. The greatest love of all is easy to achieve. Learning to LOVE YOURSELf...It is the GREATEST love of all

I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do with herself -- like I have no idea what I want, like I'm just a puppet ... That's demeaning to me, because that ain't how it is, and it never was.

Growing around great musicians, you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to me that when I started singing, it was almost like speaking.

I'm proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We're all God's children.

I feel so blessed to just have done what I had done. To be able to just use what God has given me is a blessing. You know, never mind the Grammys, never mind the records, never mind all of that. Just to be able to sing.

I can tell you that I am not self-destructive. I'm not a person who wants to die. I'm a person who has life, who wants to live. And I always have. And I wouldn't mistake it for anything else other than that.

Learning to love yourself, is the greatest love all

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.

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 decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.