Whitney Houston Quotes

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

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.

You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can’t fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you’ve got to be straight up with you.

When you’re feeling full of doubt and fear has got you in a bind, love will save the day.

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.

I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love

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

I broke my heart for every gain, to taste the sweet I faced the pain.

I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.

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.

I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.

Loneliness comes with life.

In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad.