Author: Anita Baker

Quotes

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

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

- Anita Baker

If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.

If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.

- Anita Baker

Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

- Anita Baker

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

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

- Anita Baker

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.

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

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

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

- Anita Baker

I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

- Anita Baker

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.

- Anita Baker

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.

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

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