I just wanted to be normal. I wanted to have fun. I had no normal 20s. I had no normal 30s. My life was filled with making records and doing tours and traveling the world.

--WHITNEY HOUSTON

When I started singing, it was almost like speaking.

--WHITNEY HOUSTON

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.

--WHITNEY HOUSTON

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.

--WHITNEY HOUSTON

Love is a contact sport.

--WHITNEY HOUSTON

It was just too much. Too much to try to live up to.... I wanted out.

--WHITNEY HOUSTON

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.

--WHITNEY HOUSTON

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.

--WHITNEY HOUSTON

I know I'm a child of God. I know he loves me.

--WHITNEY HOUSTON