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

~Anita Baker

Topics: Family Fortune Get Go Go Home Home Leave Seek Share You Your

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

~Anita Baker

Topics: Beautiful Down Floor Learn Long Love To Love You

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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, 'Well, I'm gonna make time.'

~Anita Baker

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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.

~Anita Baker

Topics: Any Because Chords Dangerous Germ Get Kind Kiss Most Off People Receptive Singer Soon Stage Time Vocal You Your

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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.

~Anita Baker

Topics: Bad Down Edited Everybody Everything Limited Love Make Minutes Point Quickly Radio Seconds Song Statement Thing Three Today Too Very I Love

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

~Anita Baker

Topics: Career Family Great Sacrifice Singing Think Too Whatever Whether I Think

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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.

~Anita Baker

Topics: Children Cords Doctor Ear Great Little Little Time Look Many Maybe Nose Off Pictures Some Take Them Throat Time Vocal

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

~Anita Baker

Topics: Generation Gift Love My Generation Political Voice

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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.

~Anita Baker

Topics: Albums Always Does Feel How Just Leads Love Love Songs Songs Theme To Love

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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.'

~Anita Baker

Topics: Assembly Day Detroit Every Every Day Family Father Growing Growing Up He Him Life Life Is Short Lines Me Needed Short Support Up Want Watched While Worked You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: January 26th, 1958

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