Brandy Norwood Quotes

There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat.

I'm very proud of myself because I have come so close to just giving up and I haven't done that.

Nothing can stop me from loving my brother.

Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

Just staying true to yourself and staying true to your passion. Following your gut.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

My daughter is in love with Adele. She listens to her every day. To see someone with that much passion and soul move a 9-year-old is amazing and it's magical.

That's the beautiful part about acting - you get to play somebody other than yourself. So, I'm open to people who can't sing, people who can, people that sing a little bit, or people that sing a lot.

When you fall in love, you wanna share it with people but you know there are some things that you need to keep to yourself, 'cause privacy makes things last longer, I feel.

It's easy to just give everything up, but it takes a lot of strength and a lot of willpower to just make yourself stay on it and get up and do something different. And I had to do that.

Stay true to yourself because it goes a long way. If you don't know who you are, who are you really?

I definitely felt like I needed a break, because when you do so much, you're not able to appreciate the things that you accomplish.

I think creativity becomes really beautiful and magical when you allow it to do what it's needing you to do.

The more natural, the better.

I knew I had to make a sacrifice to do what I've always wanted to do.

One day it just hit me. This is it. You are not in love. So either stay in it because you have a child or be brave and find the man of your dreams and marry him for real.

The extra opinions and the extra praise is just a bonus, it's not the main thing. The main thing is how I feel about myself. And I feel really good about myself.

Whitney Houston is my idol and my mentor and my dream forever, like she will always be my favorite artist, ever, on the planet. Like I don't think I'll ever feel that way about another artist.

I wash my face every night with Ivory soap, and I don't wear much makeup.

To be on this set today, I feel very blessed for the second chance and for the opportunity, my record company believing in me and everybody here just showing me so much love and support.

So when you get a chance to look at things and chill and relax, it makes you want it more, and that's why I'm so happy to be back!

All my favorite stars, my family and my friends are here. I'm having the happiest birthday that an 18-year-old girl could ever have.

I wrote my own verses. Anything I did, I wrote myself.

When I was a little girl, I remember carrying my orange UNICEF carton with me as I went Trick-or-Treating.

I'm always smiling and happy.

I've had to come through a lot and I've made a lot of different mistakes, but I realized that I never gave up. I wanted to so badly.

Now that the baby is coming, I will do a lot more balancing. I'm going to be a real mommy.

I just feel my sexuality is private. I'm very shy about being sexy. That part of me has been so closed to the public eye. I've sold millions of records with my clothes on.

I went through a struggle, and I really needed to get myself together and connect with my purpose, which is music.

I take conscious breaks for myself 'cause I like to rejuvenate and get my creative juices flowing. I also like to take my time with my creativity; I think it's important.

I'm my biggest inspiration. And I say this in the most humble way. I've been through so much, just in my life.

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.

This is truly a blessing. Breyon Prescott, Peter Edge and Tom Corson believe in me and have introduced me to a home that also believes and knows exactly what to do with the type of music I'm doing.

The hardest part has been maintaining a small head and remaining down to earth. So many people try to make you more than you are.

I'm open to different parts. I would love to do something where I can sing and act at the same time.

I don't get into the favorite songs thing, because so many speak to different parts of my life, but the music in the '90s is just unbeatable.

I'm just going with the flow. I'm in the process, I'm on the path. I'm really working towards all of my goals and music is definitely on the way.

Even though designing your own show, that's great, I am nothing without the support around me.

It just feels like I'm on the right path musically and I'm in the right mindset to continue out my mission in music because I'm not putting myself in a box.

I think the Grammy is like the award, you know.

I have so much more to go through as a young lady. But oh my God. I feel like I can do anything.

I'll be a nun, raise my daughter, and make albums.

My daughter, I can't give up because she's watching and she's here and she's waiting for me to be an example. So, between her, myself, and my will, and me pushing myself, that's my inspiration.

'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV.

I certainly didn't want to date. I was through with guys.

It's VH1, it's everywhere, and you know music is just the world right now. People love music.

It feels so great to be back on the scene.

I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff like that.

I'm going to let people know that it's cool to have a child and be young and still be a good mom. It's really tough, but I'm doing it.