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Naturi Naughton

Naturi Naughton Biography

Singer-songwriter

Naturi Naughton, born on May 20, 1984, is a talented singer-songwriter known for her unique blend of R&B, soul, and pop music. She has gained recognition for her distinctive voice and emotional performances.

Naturi Naughton, born on May 20, 1984, is a talented singer-songwriter known for her unique blend of R&B, soul, and pop music. She has gained recognition for her distinctive voice and emotional performances.

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“From film to film, I realize my strengths and my weakness, and I realize how much better I get. I learn the lingo, I ask questions and I'm on set trying to figure out which shots they're going to use. For me, it's exploring the art. It's not just making a movie.”

Trying Art Use Film Asks Realizing Figures Weakness Shots Exploring

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“One of my biggest inspirations growing up was Whitney Houston, so I was devastated to hear about her passing. I'm from East Orange, New Jersey, and started singing at New Hope Baptist Church, so she was like my fellow Jersey girl.”

Inspiration Girl Church Growing Up Growing Singing Fellows East Passing Passings Orange Jersey Baptists New Jersey Devastated Houston Whitney New Hope Jersey Girl

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“I want to do stories that inspire people.”

People Want Stories Inspire

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“Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you're singing about. Singing is very emotional. Every song has its own purpose.”

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“I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role, whether it was performing the rhymes, studying the dialect, her swagger and her stage performances. I wanted people to see my range and stretch my wings as an actress.”

People Hard Play Wanted Justice Roles Study Stage Performances Wings Excited Actresses Range Performing Rhyme Kim Swagger Dialect Stage Performance Lil Kim

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“I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.”

Thinking Want Important Dream Able Audience Stage Mines One Day Theater Broadway Live Theater

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“I think a lot of young people don't realize the price of fame is a lot higher than they imagine.”

People Thinking Young Realizing Imagine Higher Fame

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“I work out and go to the gym, but I still enjoy my soul food and snacks. But I’m a pretty petite young woman, and I just do everything in moderation and make sure that I just keep everything together.”

Stills Soul Together Young Enjoy Work Out My Soul Gym Young Women Moderation Snacks Petite Food For The Soul Everything In Moderation

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“Hold your dreams, don't ever let it go”

Dream Your Dreams Let It Go

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“I definitely want my career to continue to branch out. I've had the pleasure of working in different areas of entertainment, from being in the music business as a teenager in a girl group to doing Broadway.”

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“One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.”

Wanted One Thing Direct Passionate

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“You have to think like a businessman or a businesswoman, and I can't wait to continue to grow, as an actress, but to also continue to grow as a brand and show people that I have so much more to offer.”

People Thinking I Can Shows Grows Waiting Offers Actresses Brands Businessman

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“For people who don't know or didn't know that I started off as a singer, singing requires a certain level of drama, in itself. Honestly, it really prepared me to do this, and I've been really blessed to be able to transition into the acting world very smoothly.”

People Knows World Able Certain Levels Acting Drama Singing Blessed Prepared Singers Honestly Transition

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“When I was young, I was always telling my parents and telling everybody that I was going to be a singer and an actress when I grew up. I took classes. I was in dance lessons. I took singing lessons. I was in the plays. I took acting lessons. I did different things that continued to keep me ready for this opportunity and ready for all the things that are happening now.”

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“I definitely feel like, as a singer, I've been able to transition into acting because I always saw them in the same vein. It's all about connecting and telling a story.”

Feels Stories Able Acting Saws Singers Transition Veins Connecting

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“When you're singing, it can be looked at as a monologue, in a way. If it's about telling a story and connecting with your audience, you can do that through song, through dialogue, or through a monologue. That's what's special about being an entertainer.”

Ifs Way Stories Song Can Do Audience Special Singing Dialogue Connecting Entertainers Monologues

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“When I'm working, on stage, entertaining people, or watching someone do something amazing, it inspires me to be the best artist that I can be. I enjoy being around art - whether it be a museum, a Broadway show - or even writing a poem. Those are things that make me feel alive and inspire me.”

People Feels Writing Art I Can Shows Artist Enjoy Alive Stage Inspire Being The Best Museums Entertaining Broadway Broadway Shows Best Artist

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“I feel the most vulnerable when I'm in love. When my heart is open, and when life is making me feel like I have to open up myself completely. Love has a tendency to do that.”

Feels Heart Life Is My Heart Tendencies Vulnerable

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“I deal with emotional pain through therapy, writing, therapy in music. I think emotional pain is best dealt with when you use art to express it.”

Thinking Writing Art Use Pain Deals Emotional Therapy Emotional Pain

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“I'm really starting to learn the value of silence and meditation. I keep my sanity in the middle of a hectic day by taking some me time or sometimes watching a guilty pleasure on TV, doing absolutely nothing, or just hanging out with friends and family. They keep me grounded and centered.”

Sometimes Values Pleasure Silence Meditation Middle Tvs Starting Guilty Hanging Out Sanity Family And Friends Grounded Absolutely Nothing Hectic Guilty Pleasure Hanging Out With Friends

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“Never compromise and sell yourself short. I've been in the music business, a girl group . . . I've been through so many different things in my career, and when you compromise and try to let go of who you are, you wind up being unhappy, and what is success without happiness. You have to have both, and that is important to me.”

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“God is real. God is in me and in my life. I've been blessed, and he continues to bless me, and that is one thing that I will always know for sure.”

Knows Real One Thing Blessed Bless God Is Real

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“I feel the most vulnerable when I'm in love.”

Feels Vulnerable

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“Remember to be yourself.”

Remember Being Yourself

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“Never compromise and sell yourself short.”

Sells Compromise Never Compromise Yourself Short

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“Singing is my passion and something that I still love to do and Im always going to want to do it.”

Want Stills Passion Singing My Passion

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“As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.”

Giving Hard Care Film Black Focus Giving Up Prepared Actresses I Care

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About the Author

Born: May 20, 1984
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 27

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