Gladys Knight

“I'm not going to be a puppet on a string.”

“What you want to do is to get to the point where you're not pushing the river, you're in it.”

“Don't be a star, be a legend.”

“You have to be a little bit crazy to do what I do.”

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”

“LA's been good to me, but I'm a Georgia girl at heart.”

“If you can believe it, you can achieve it.”

“You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.”

“Success is not just about what you accomplish in your life. It's about what you inspire others to do.”

“You have to be true to yourself. You have to be your own person.”

“I just want to be remembered as a person who loved to sing.”

“Before I go on stage, I say a little prayer. I ask God to let me be a channel for His love.”

“I am a woman, I am a black woman, I am a black woman from the South.”

“Music is what I do. It's what I've always done and what I'll always do.”

“My voice is a gift from God, and I'm just trying to use it to the best of my ability.”