Fantasia Barrino Quotes

It’s hard to be patient. It’s hard to sit back and actually wait and allow everything – just let it be.

I feel like a good mom. I’m a strong woman now… Don’t look down on me. Pray for me because I’m trying.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I’m at.

God didn’t give up on me. I am somebody in God’s eyes… Let me be a prime example of how I’ve been through the storm and the rain, and I made it over.

I wanted to be like some of the other young ladies that were in my school. I used to get picked on in church. Nobody wants to hang out with me. I want to hang out with the cool girls, and I started to take the wrong turn and do things I knew wasn’t right.

When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn’t focused on school – I was into the music and trying to please my dad.

When I’m out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that’s on my mind and everything I’m going through is forgotten about.

My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.

I was very insecure growing up, and even though I’m not that girl anymore, I think that the passion, that not feeling pretty and being insecure, is where my soul came from. And from early childhood, I let it free onstage.

I wanted people to know that I’ve been through the rain. I’ve been broken into pieces; I had a daughter at such a young age. There were times people would say, ‘That’s it for her.’ But that didn’t happen.

I stopped going to church for awhile.

People root for me in such a way that when they come to a show, the experience of not knowing what’s about to happen is a great thing.

I’ve never been in a competition before, and I said I’m going to go. I think – I just love to sing.

Everything in life is a fight. Everybody wants this microwavable life, and it doesn’t work like that. I’m here to say, ‘See what I went through? Look at me now.’

I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people.

I always tell people, ‘Stop coming to me and telling what people are saying about me.’ I don’t care anymore. I always get the people that come to me and say, ‘Girl, I just want to tell you… ‘ and I’m like, ‘Nope.’

I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven‘t even dreamed up.

I never started out as an R&B singer. I grew up on all types of music – jazz, rock, pop, country, folk – and I wanted to bring that to my stage.

I didn’t want to be the type of mother where my child came to me, and I can’t even help her with her homework.

You can’t tell me that dreams don’t come true. My life is proof that they do.

You’ve got to make it a good example for those kids regardless of how much you mess up.

I’m very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I’m singing.

I caught a lot of flak for being a young mama.

True story – I had index cards; I would write things on them and post them on the mirror in the bathroom. And I would speak it. Because you have to speak life. You have to speak what you want. You have to watch what you say because it’s power in your tongue.

You can’t go into something good until you let go of all the bad stuff because you’ll find yourself steady bringing up all the old in a new situation.