Top 25 Whitney Houston Quotes

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

I’m good where I am at this moment.

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.

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?

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 have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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