Being around people like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack. . . had a great impact on me as a singer, as a performer, as a musician. Whitney Houston
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do with herself -- like I have no idea what I want, like I'm just a puppet . . . . That's demeaning to me, because that ain't how it is, and it never was. - Whitney Houston Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=SSBkb24ndCBsaWtlIGl0IHdoZW4gdGhleSBbbWVkaWEgY3JpdGljc10gc2VlIG1lIGFzIHRoaXMgbGl0dGxlIHBlcnNvbiB3aG8gZG9lc24ndCBrbm93IHdoYXQgdG8gZG8gd2l0aCBoZXJzZWxmIC0tIGxpa2UgSSBoYXZlIG5vIGlkZWEgd2hhdCBJIHdhbnQsIGxpa2UgSSdtIGp1c3QgYSBwdXBwZXQgLiAuIC4gLiBUaGF0J3MgZGVtZWFuaW5nIHRvIG1lLCBiZWNhdXNlIHRoYXQgYWluJ3QgaG93IGl0IGlzLCBhbmQgaXQgbmV2ZXIgd2FzLiA=&author=ICBXaGl0bmV5IEhvdXN0b24gICAg&num=1 "I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do with herself -- like I have no idea what I want, like I'm just a puppet . . . . That's demeaning to me, because that ain't how it is, and it never was. - Whitney Houston Quotes")
![Growing around [great musicians], you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to me that when I started singing, it was almost like speaking. - Whitney Houston Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=R3Jvd2luZyBhcm91bmQgW2dyZWF0IG11c2ljaWFuc10sIHlvdSBqdXN0IGNhbid0IGhlbHAgaXQuIEkgaWRlbnRpZmllZCB3aXRoIGl0IGltbWVkaWF0ZWx5LiBJdCB3YXMgc29tZXRoaW5nIHRoYXQgd2FzIHNvIG5hdHVyYWwgdG8gbWUgdGhhdCB3aGVuIEkgc3RhcnRlZCBzaW5naW5nLCBpdCB3YXMgYWxtb3N0IGxpa2Ugc3BlYWtpbmcuIA==&author=ICBXaGl0bmV5IEhvdXN0b24gICAg&num=10 "Growing around [great musicians], you just can't help it. I identified with it immediately. It was something that was so natural to me that when I started singing, it was almost like speaking. - Whitney Houston Quotes")