Top 78 Quotes & Sayings by Whitney Houston

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Whitney Houston.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston has influenced many singers in popular music, and is known for her powerful, soulful vocals and vocal improvisation skills. She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Saving All My Love for You" in 1985 to "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in 1988. Houston enhanced her popularity upon entering the movie industry. Her recordings and films, have generated both great success and controversy. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career and posthumously, including two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, and 28 Guinness World Records, as well as induction into the Grammy, Rhythm and Blues Music, and Rock and Roll halls of fame.

American - Musician | August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012

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Loneliness comes with life.

Whitney Houston

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

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I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait.

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I love to sing, but it's just not fun anymore.

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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.

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I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.

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Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody.

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Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

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I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.

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

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No one makes me do anything I don't want to do.

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I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

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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.

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I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die.

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I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.

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My daughter is my greatest inspiration.

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I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.

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I think over the years, being a mother, I've matured in so many ways.

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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.

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I've always been a thin girl. I'm not going to be fat, ever. Let's get that straight. Whitney is not going to be fat, ever. Okay?

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What's in your soul is in your soul.

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I'm a person who has life and wants to live, and always have.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I'm older, I'm matured... I'm looking forward to the years to come. Good years.

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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.

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

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God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?

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I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.

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I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

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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.

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From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.

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I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.

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I've turned down a lot of arena dates because I've done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them.

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I'm good where I am at this moment.

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Sometimes you'll laugh. Sometimes you'll cry. Life never tells us, the when's or why's. When you've got friends, to wish you well. You'll find your point when. You will exhale.

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I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love

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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.

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If you say my eyes are beautiful, it's because they are looking at you.

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I'd rather be alone than unhappy

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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

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If I fail, if I succeed, at least I live as I believe.

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Never let your heart take precedence over reason, otherwise you will have problems.

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To learn your artistry and to be able to perfect that, is overwhelming. Especially when you are exuding love. The human emotion is a very delicate thing, so you have to be careful about how you present it because it can be kind of scary, or too overwhelming if you're not careful. So I try to just keep it love.

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There can be miracles when you believe.

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Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be.

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Sometimes you do have a good time. But when it gets to the point where you're sitting in your home and you're just trying to cover what you don't want people to know. It's painful. And then you want more just so that you don't let anybody see you cry. Or anybody to see we're not happy.

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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.

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