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 Read Quote
Oh my goodness, they are rocking so many variations of my high-top fade. I mean, Rihanna has taken it to a very angular 21st Century thing. Miss Fantasia has it in a very seductive, you know, up-flip, and it’s just lovely, right? Oh, I think it’s wonderful. Anita Baker Read Quote
I’m used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing and the daughter thing. Anita Baker Read Quote
If you have your own agenda and your own style and you don’t easily conform to what the masses are doing, you’re looked upon as being difficult. Whereas, I think of it as just being an individual. Anita Baker Read Quote
I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don’t write to fill up the album with my songs. Anita Baker Read Quote
Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best. Anita Baker Read Quote
Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do. Anita Baker Read Quote
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 Read Quote
