Chaka Khan Quotes (26 Quotes)


    I think the whole reason for my life is in there somewhere.

    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.

    Basically what we did -- I wrote poetry, he took it home and came back the next day with music to it, ... It was that simple. It took us three weeks' time to do the whole CD.

    I'd like to work on putting art programs back in schools.

    I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do.


    Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.

    They are in it to make money, period, ... And they are looking at their earnings at the end of a fiscal year. You, on the other hand, are the total opposite of that. You are trying to express yourself, your deepest stuff. The two really don't go together when you think about it.

    There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to.

    Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more.

    In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time.

    Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me.

    I've always struggled so much just to appreciate myself.

    You know, it's just tough to get together and do work with somebody.

    When I was in my twenties, it felt like I was riding wild horses, and I was hoping I didn't go over a cliff.

    To me, this degree was an acknowledgment of my work in music.


    Walking through this life really is walking through fire.

    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.

    I remember seeing the movie 'To Sir With Love' when I was a little girl.

    My mom took me to see Goldfinger. My mom took me to see To Sir, With Love.

    Everyone in my family sang, and we would always sing these songs.

    I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do.

    My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt.

    We are so similar in many ways, in that we are both so eclectic, ... And we love so many genres of music and we love to just mix stuff up.

    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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