You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday. — Aaliyah

When a fan comes up to you and says I love your music, there’s nothing better than that. — Aaliyah

I have a squash casserole that everybody, even my kids, love. I won’t tell my kids how to make it. — Gladys Knight

I’m a people lover. I love interacting with different people as I meet them, and I think people are one of God’s greatest creations, I really do. They’re interesting and intriguing. — Gladys Knight

When I was on Arsenio Hall’s show, he asked me about working with Kanye West or John Legend. I said I’d love to. — Gladys Knight

I always kind of thought I want to be a good person, I want to be right to my fellow men and love them like we’re supposed to. — Gladys Knight

You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do… I honestly do… From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I’m truly happy. — Aaliyah

There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself. — Aaliyah

There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don’t discuss my private life. — Aaliyah

We should definitely be more careful about the things that we chose to do with our lives. — Gladys Knight

I don’t regret any decisions I’ve made in my life. — Gladys Knight

I’ve spent all of my life trying to get people to feel a passion for what I do. — Gladys Knight

Nobody has a perfect anything. We don’t have perfect lives. We’re not perfect beings. — Gladys Knight

That’s part of your life lesson to be afraid. The bigger question is how you deal with being afraid. Do you have to summon courage or something else to live with that fear without letting it take you over? — Gladys Knight

I’m the interpreter. I’m the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that’s what I want to do. — Aaliyah

I’ve been singing all my life. I’ve always wanted this. I sang in church, in school plays, and my parents gave me vocal lessons. My parents always said this was destined for me. — Aaliyah

Sometimes the best things are right in front of you; it just takes some time to see them. — Gladys Knight

I don’t want to abandon one work for the other, and I don’t think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them. — Aaliyah

It’s fun to be creative and innovative and come up with something crazy. So I need people to work with who are not going to be afraid to take it to the left a bit. — Aaliyah

That’s why I work every day. Ev–er–y day. I want to knock people out. — Aaliyah

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget. — Aaliyah

I’m a survivor and I can handle anything. I’m very confident about that. — Aaliyah

I like collaborations, and I like working with people. I do. — Gladys Knight

You could have told me yourself that you found someone else, instead I heard it through the grapevine. — Gladys Knight

Believe me when I say this: you can’t please everyone in concert, even though I still want to. Someone always wants you to sing a song that isn’t necessarily on your set list. — Gladys Knight

My mom and dad sang in the church choir. They also had a local group. They loved music, especially my dad. — Gladys Knight

Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? ‘You can be in an arena,’ he said, ‘and you should be able to hold their attention.’ — Gladys Knight

Whatever will be, will be. — Aaliyah

I wanna be the best at what I do. I wanna sing, I wanna dance, I wanna act. That’s about it. — Aaliyah

God is gracious enough to let us know, in due time while we’re here and the fact that I’m still around and I’m still singing, it is really to his glory. — Gladys Knight

I do know that on my mom’s side, my uncle sang and had a gospel group. He also had a radio show he would do on Sundays with his quartet. — Gladys Knight

The Lord tells us where we are going and tells us when we are coming. — Gladys Knight

I have a choir in my church, and we travel all over the world. — Gladys Knight

I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early–I’ve been singing since I was four. I had people telling me how to preserve myself. — Gladys Knight