Whitney Houston

“I think over the years, being a mother, I've matured in so many ways.”

“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.”

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

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

“I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die.”

“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?”

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