Quotes by Anita Baker

About Anita Baker:

Anita Denise Baker is an American singer-songwriter. Starting her career in the late 1970s with the funk band Chapter 8, Baker eventually released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983. In 1986, she rose to stardom following the release of her platinum-selling second album, Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single "Sweet Love". To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards and has five platinum albums and one gold album to her credit. Baker's vocal range is contralto.
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I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

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If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.

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Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.

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As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.

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Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

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I don't even have voice mail, and people get all out of shape about that. But, you know what, I don't want to transcribe your message; I want to talk to you. And that kind of freaks people out a bit. They go, 'Oh, who has time to talk?' and I'm like,...

Anita Baker

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

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I think there's no sacrifice too great for family, whether it's career, singing, whatever.

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My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.'

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We don't do drugs, drink or use profanity. Instead we instill morals and values in my boys by raising them with a love of God and a love and respect for themselves and all people. I believe they will have a chance.

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When you're away for a long time, tastes change, fans move on. You hate to think about it, but it's an ugly fact of life.

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Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.

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I have as many pictures of my vocal cords as I do of my children. I have a great ear, nose and throat doctor, and we look at them - if there's some redness, maybe I'll take a little time off.

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I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.

Anita Baker

I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.

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Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, if you have that, but learn to love what you have.

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I love radio, but it's a very limited thing today. Everything has to be edited down to 3:59, and too bad if I didn't make my statement in three minutes and 59 seconds. Everybody's song has to make its point so quickly.

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Typically, the theme of my albums, if there is a theme, is, 'How does it feel?' And that always leads to love songs. It just does.

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I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.

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I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in th...

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Author Bio

  • NameAnita Baker
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • BornJanuary 26, 1958
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Singer-songwriter; Composer; Jazz Musician