Gladys Knight Quotes

Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Gladys Knight Quotes. The wide variety of quotes available makes it possible to find a quote to suit your needs. You’ve likely heard some of the Gladys Knight Quotes before, but that’s because they truly are great.

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I have a wonderful family!

I have a wonderful family!
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I have a choir in my church, and we travel all over the world.
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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.
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The Lord tells us where we are going and tells us when we are coming.
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We should definitely be more careful about the things that we chose to do with our lives.
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I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early – I’ve been singing since I was four.
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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.
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I know how hard it is to send two kids to college when you ain’t got nothing. I know people may not think of me in that way, but this business gives you ups and downs.
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With ‘American Idol,’ they’re giving you a pass to get launched on, and it’s up to you what you do with it.
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I have a squash casserole that everybody, even my kids, love. I won’t tell my kids how to make it.
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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.
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I don’t live in L.A. I live in Las Vegas.
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I have a thing about working with young people. I adore them.
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Well, I never danced with the ‘Pips’ – they didn’t let me dance!
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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.
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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?’
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My mom and dad sang in the church choir. They also had a local group. They loved music, especially my dad.
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I like collaborations, and I like working with people. I do.
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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.
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I have a faith that’s unbendable as far as my Lord and Savior is concerned.
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I am a Barack Obama fan from head-to-toe – always have been. He’s not perfect; nobody is going to be that way.
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I love giving. I love sharing.
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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.’
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Most people who ask me what’s my favorite song, expect that it’s ‘Midnight Train‘ or ‘Neither One of Us.’ But actually, it’s always kinda been ‘The Need to Be’ because of what it says. I love the way that song was written, I love the melody, I love everything about it.
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Soul is just that inner spirit. I use that inner spirit for whatever it is I do.
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When you pay your money to see me, I want you to have the best concert you can have from me.
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I have wonderful children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
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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.
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Believe me when I say this: you can’t please everyone in concert, even though I still want to. Someone always wants you to sing a song that isn’t necessarily on your set list.
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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?
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