Words matter. These are the best Gladys Knight Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
When I was on Arsenio Hall’s show, he asked me about working with Kanye West or John Legend. I said I’d love to.
Mary J. Blige has made the most improvement, to me, and the depth of the spirit and the soul in her music, the way she sings, gives her that ‘it’ factor.
I’ve spent all of my life trying to get people to feel a passion for what I do.
I always kind of thought I want to be a good person, I want to be right to my fellow men and love them like we’re supposed to.
I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early – I’ve been singing since I was four. I had people telling me how to preserve myself.
That’s part of your life lesson to be afraid. The bigger question is how you deal with being afraid. Do you have to summon courage or something else to live with that fear without letting it take you over?
God is gracious enough to let us know, in due time while we’re here and the fact that I’m still around and I’m still singing, it is really to his glory.
With ‘American Idol,’ they’re giving you a pass to get launched on, and it’s up to you what you do with it.
I don’t live in L.A. I live in Las Vegas.
I don’t regret any decisions I’ve made in my life.
I’m a people lover. I love interacting with different people as I meet them, and I think people are one of God’s greatest creations, I really do. They’re interesting and intriguing.
I got into gambling when I was playing a casino. I was a hermit in those days. I would go onstage, go to my room, or if we had to travel, I’d get in a car or a plane, whatever. But I didn’t do anything. One day, this friend of mine said, ‘Do you want to play some blackjack?’
Love is what makes the world go around. I know it’s a big cliche to use, but it is the absolute truth. There is nothing else like it. I know that is what everybody is striving to feel: in relationships, in brother- and sisterhood, and in all of the things that we aspire to have in our lives.
I love giving. I love sharing.
When you pay your money to see me, I want you to have the best concert you can have from me.
We all have a responsibility, and since I’ve been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity.
I have a faith that’s unbendable as far as my Lord and Savior is concerned.
We should definitely be more careful about the things that we chose to do with our lives.
My mom and dad sang in the church choir. They also had a local group. They loved music, especially my dad.
Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? ‘You can be in an arena,’ he said, ‘and you should be able to hold their attention.’
