God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there? – Whitney Houston

From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it. – Whitney Houston

Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody. – Whitney Houston

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I’d be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life. – Whitney Houston

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That’s what I wanted to do. – Whitney Houston

I finally faced the fact that it isn’t a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems. – Whitney Houston

I like being a woman, even in a man’s world. After all, men can’t wear dresses, but we can wear the pants. – Whitney Houston

I’m not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn’t do anything for my ego at all. I want to play places where people don’t have to sit in the nosebleed seats and wonder what the hell is going on. – Whitney Houston

I’ve turned down a lot of arena dates because I’ve done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them. – Whitney Houston

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don’t fight it. – Whitney Houston

Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let’s get that straight. OK? We don’t do crack. We don’t do that. Crack is whack. – Whitney Houston

I can tell you that I am not self-destructive. I’m not a person who wants to die. I’m a person who has life, who wants to live. And I always have. And I wouldn’t mistake it for anything else other than that. – Whitney Houston