Tionne Watkins Quotes

You're always in a blessed position if you have a great success story, especially to be in a position to be able to tell it so people can even understand.

- Tionne Watkins

Understand, Tell, Always, Success Story

I never thought black people would say I wasn't black enough. It didn't turn me into a bully - it just put me on the defensive. I had to watch my back. It made me stronger because I learned how to deal with ignorance.

- Tionne Watkins

Thought, Back, Deal, Bully

I feel naked without earrings. I'll pass out twice. It feels like I'm missing a body part.

- Tionne Watkins

Like, Pass, Feels, Missing

I would like to confirm that Perri Reid was the only person who ever suggested that Chilli leave TLC.

- Tionne Watkins

Like, TLC, Confirm, Suggested

TLC always looked up to male bands. We saw guy groups could just go out and get the fans screaming by just standing there - fully clothed and with nothing but their music... We saw them as the competition more than the girl groups, with whom we wanted to stay unified.

- Tionne Watkins

Competition, Guy, Bands, TLC

The TLC sound! That's what's so awesome - we have our own sound.

- Tionne Watkins

Awesome, Sound, Own, TLC

TLC never broke up. We are sisters for life.

- Tionne Watkins

Never, Broke, Up, TLC

The interesting thing about the TLC network is that they were interested in following me, not leading me.

- Tionne Watkins

Interesting, Leading, Were, TLC

TLC is T-Boz, Lisa, and Chilli. That's it.

- Tionne Watkins

TLC

I don't know if I want her to sing it with us, but I'm curious to what type of song Taylor Swift would write for us. I'm curious to see what kind of pen she would write for TLC. Or like an Adam Levine. Somebody like that. They're phenomenal writers.

- Tionne Watkins

Her, See, Type, TLC

Some people criticize me for always wearing different variations of bobs, but bobs never go out of style.

- Tionne Watkins

Some, Always, Wearing, Variations

In life, you have to learn how to heal. You never get over stuff, but you have to learn how to heal.

- Tionne Watkins

Never, How, Over, Heal

Because of my sickle-cell disease, I have a high tolerance for pain.

- Tionne Watkins

Pain, High, Disease, Tolerance

I get a lot of 'Oh, you've been gone.' I wasn't gone. Just because you didn't see me doesn't mean I wasn't working and collecting checks. I just wasn't singing and doing videos. I do a lot of other things, like I said, like writing scripts and stuff like that. I write for other artists.

- Tionne Watkins

Doing, Other, Been, Scripts

I had to learn a lot about myself during the situation with my brain tumor.

- Tionne Watkins

Myself, Learn, Lot, Tumor

I've been through a lot with sickle-cell, but my recovery from the brain tumor was the hardest thing.

- Tionne Watkins

Recovery, Through, Been, Tumor

I got kicked out of four high schools just because people took issue with the colour of my skin. As if I could help the colour I was born.

- Tionne Watkins

Could, Took, Issue, High Schools

To have a body of work is a blessing - when you have songs that have been around generation after generation that they call timeless music, you can work that for a long time.

- Tionne Watkins

Work, Generation, Been, Blessing

I have learned to smile when I wasn't happy, to sing when I didn't feel like it, and to do things just to please my fans.

- Tionne Watkins

Happy, Like, Learned, I Have Learned

I don't care about Donald Trump. I mean, God is my president. So I just feel sorry for people it affects, but I don't care about him.

- Tionne Watkins

Trump, About, Donald, None

I've traveled the world in one of the best groups ever. I'm 42.

- Tionne Watkins

World, Ever, Groups, Traveled

One thing, parents: you need to realize is you've got to stop letting artists raise your kids. You're the parent. Why don't you monitor what your child wears? Ariana Grande didn't sign on to be a role model.

- Tionne Watkins

Parent, Your Child, Role, Monitor

What I'm proud of, we learned from our lessons.

- Tionne Watkins

Proud, Learned, Our, Lessons

Great music, timeless music is hard to come by, but there are some that are like that.

- Tionne Watkins

Music, Some, Great Music, Timeless

Bell Biv Devoe, back in the day, we used to look up to them. They had incredible style back then, so we wanted to be like them.

- Tionne Watkins

Back, Incredible, Like, Bell

I'm hoping that somehow with songs like 'American Gold' there will be some kind of justice, and people just stop being so close-minded to where they're like, 'Oh, it's not race.' It's easy to say that when you're not black and you haven't experienced it.

- Tionne Watkins

Gold, American, Some, Experienced

I'm not homophobic; I'm just not gay.

- Tionne Watkins

Just, Homophobic, Gay

I'm in charge of raising a young woman one day, to be a mother and hopefully a wife.

- Tionne Watkins

Mother, Charge, Raising, Young Woman

When my kid was five and playing with my camcorder. I don't like it. It makes it look fake looking, too much HD. I don't need to see your pores on TV, like why do I see your pores right here? That's not cool.

- Tionne Watkins

Kid, Here, TV, Fake

Whatever your hustle is, go somewhere with it.

- Tionne Watkins

Go, Somewhere, Your, Hustle

I remember getting flowers and champagne for being one of the first black artists on MTV. That was a big deal.

- Tionne Watkins

Flowers, Big, I Remember, Champagne

In life, when you lose anyone, there's always an adjustment period - emotionally, mentally and physically.

- Tionne Watkins

Always, Period, Physically, Adjustment

I have to thank God for bringing me through and allowing me to continue to do charitable work for other sick children suffering with sickle cell.

- Tionne Watkins

Work, Through, Other, Charitable

We were always authentic when it came to our style. From when we started to the height of our fame, we've always been consistent in our look because how we dressed was a result of how we felt. We weren't playing dress-up.

- Tionne Watkins

Always, Been, Felt, Height

At the end of the day, I do think there's a higher power, and the way I feel about things and choose to do things has an effect on that outcome.

- Tionne Watkins

Think, Feel, About, Outcome

'Waterfalls' spoke to so many people at a time where people needed to feel like somebody was on their side.

- Tionne Watkins

Like, Spoke, Side, So Many People

I'm open. All of my situations have made me who I am.

- Tionne Watkins

I Am, Me, Made, Situations

I want to raise my own baby. I don't want my baby crying for some other strange lady, some nanny. I am not down with that.

- Tionne Watkins

Some, Other, My Own, Crying

At the end of the day we feel the same; we all hurt.

- Tionne Watkins

End Of The Day, Feel, Same, Hurt

Don't sit there and wallow in woe-is-me stuff that happened in your past. Move forward. Face whatever you're afraid of. Or deal with it.

- Tionne Watkins

Past, Deal, Move, Move Forward

A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.

- Tionne Watkins

Love, Role Model, Role, To Love

'Creep,' unfortunately, was one of my true stories.

- Tionne Watkins

True, Stories, Creep, Unfortunately

If it has something of substance and a platform that makes sense, I can share my story. You can get a little more into my life, and I can mesh my singing with things I love to do and writing for others and telling my story in hopes of helping someone. I'm all for it.

- Tionne Watkins

Love, My Life, Telling, Hopes

Miracles happen every day - I'm one!

- Tionne Watkins

Every Day, Happen, Every, Miracles

It's amazing what miracles and little angels and pure love around you can bring out.

- Tionne Watkins

Love, Amazing, Angels, Miracles

Just because I'm not dancing on a video every five seconds doesn't mean I'm not working.

- Tionne Watkins

Dancing, Just Because, Mean, Seconds

The doctors told me I could never have kids, but God blessed me anyway.

- Tionne Watkins

Me, Never, Could, Doctors

I've worked in the studio with a lot of young girls, and they'll go, 'Oh, the label is telling me to take off my clothes, and I don't feel comfortable.' Well if you don't feel comfortable, don't do it.

- Tionne Watkins

Studio, Telling, Young Girls, Label

The record business sucks!

- Tionne Watkins

Business, Record, Sucks

There's vultures out here. You need to listen and learn.

- Tionne Watkins

Learn, Need, Here, Out Here

I don't care how much money you have in the world. It's not about that. It's all about time.

- Tionne Watkins

How, About, How Much, How Much Money

I think timing is everything.

- Tionne Watkins

Think, Everything, I Think, Timing

Everything happens the way it's supposed to because it's just like cavemen - you evolve and grow and learn.

- Tionne Watkins

Learn, Grow, Like, Evolve

When you Google someone's name, it matters to me what shows up. Not the lies, but like, did you change lives? Did you do something while you were here?

- Tionne Watkins

Here, Like, Lives, Matters

If you want to live, you have to face your fears.

- Tionne Watkins

Face, Want, Your, Fears

No matter what, everyone will go through a disagreement - that's what makes us all different.

- Tionne Watkins

Will, Through, Everyone, Disagreement

I'm not ashamed of anything I've done, because if I feel ashamed, I'm not going to do it in the first place.

- Tionne Watkins

Feel, Going, I Feel, Ashamed

I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.

- Tionne Watkins

Songs, Come, Get, Nervous

I had an attitude problem when I was a kid. I'm not gonna lie.

- Tionne Watkins

Problem, Kid, Gonna, Lie

I guess I have to prove myself all over again, even if it's to the world. I don't have a problem doing that.

- Tionne Watkins

Myself, Doing, Over, Prove

Good music is good music.

- Tionne Watkins

Music, Good, Good Music

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