Whitney houston

I've always been a thin girl. I'm not going to be fat, ever. Let's get that straight. Whitney is not going to be fat, ever. Okay?

No one makes me do anything I don't want to do.

I love to sing, but it's just not fun anymore.

I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.

Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody.

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are.

I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?