- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on Jul 31, 2026
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm singing, it's a mixture of my innocence in the projects, my mom and dad. It's all the good and the bad, the laughs and the frowns that I went through and seen other people go through. Then you be trying to write it. Whatever's coming out, you try and make it all cool.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man, I was scared. I didn't know what to think. All of a sudden, I got a record climbing the charts, and I'm out in the streets. You know, workin' on the docks. And the first week, it sold something like 40,000 in New Orleans.
- Curves
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I sang, I couldn't help making those little curves. People would say, 'Why don't you sing straight?' But I have always had to put something in.
- Kindness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day, some act of kindness comes my way, even if it's just someone opening the door. It happens every day if you keep an eye out for it. Keeping an eye out, that's the key.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for whoever's on the door, and they'd let me in. I used to think I was Nat King Cole back in the day, you know. So I'd sing something like, 'Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you,' and they'd let me in.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always feel I'm blessed, you know. I thank God for letting me use his voice. That's how I see it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we were poor, we didn't know it 'cause I guess you don't miss what you never had. So, you know, we made do with whatever. We used to make our own toys, and we used to play with spinning tops and marbles. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich - you didn't worry about no money.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brother Art was a doo-wopper. He had a group that sat out on a park bench in New Orleans and sang harmonies at night, and they'd go around and win all the talent shows and get all the girls, you know.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are living a lot longer these days and not preparing for it. I'm in the gym and, you know, using my voice.
- Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
- Different Kinds
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I just sing. You have to use it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020