Best quotes by Whitney Houston

SolitudeWhen I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.

LifeSolitudeLoneliness comes with life.

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.

BSB are a great bunch of guys, I really like them

Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. OK? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is whack.

No, I'm not a drug addict, and neither is my husband. If that were so, you'd get a lot less work out of me. It would show in the performances and in the work.

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

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.

I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.

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?

You don't have a baby based on that publicity madness. People don't live like that. Especially black people who were raised in families with morals and standards and integrity.

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

I've never felt like this in any other country. I feel at home, I feel wonderful

My name is not Susan, so watch what you say. If you still need her, then be on your way.

I believe that children are our future

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

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've got a good man. He takes care of me. I don't have to be scared of anything because I know he will kick every ass... disrespect him and you've got a problem.

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

She's my teacher, my adviser, my greatest inspiration.

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.

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

I've read about myself and my husband and my family, to the point where they've called my parents, they've called my brothers, offering money to tell stories. They call friends of mine. I'd just like for them to just ... don't badger us. Don't scrutinize us. We have children and they have to live, too. It's not fair.

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 know that I could really kill for my daughter. I know because I'm living for her, so I'm fierce when it comes down to it. And I feel the same about my husband and my family. I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.

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'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.

I'm tired of people taking off their clothes.

I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at the clock in the center of the church. When I finished, everyone clapped and started crying.

I'd rather be alone than unhappy

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

I'm an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.

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.

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.

If I should die this very day, Don't cry...cause on Earth We wasn't meant to stay.

I believe the children are our future

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

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

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

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

Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody.

What's in your soul is in your soul.

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

I'm good where I am at this moment.

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.

When the night falls, my lonely heart calls.

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

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.

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

I broke my heart for every gain, to taste the sweet I faced the pain.

When you're feeling full of doubt and fear has got you in a bind, love will save the day.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Judge not for your flaws, but for your Triumphs!

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

My mother taught me beauty really lives in places like a smile.

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

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

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.

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

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.

There can be miracles when you believe.

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