“We emphasize our differences by nationality, race and financially. [...] It's our common humanity that defines us.” Quote by Naveen Andrews
“There are the class clowns that are disruptive and the kids laugh and you earn the teacher's disdain, I was the kind of class clown that also cracked the teacher up. I was funny in a way that was not dissing the teacher; I was funny just to be funny.” WayKindKidsClassLaughingTeacherClownCrackedDisdainDisruptiveDissing Author:Jason Mantzoukas
“I was 20 years old. I had moved to Los Angeles from Columbus, Ohio. I was working as a piano salesman - a terrible piano salesman. I couldn't sell them. I could demonstrate them, but people wouldn't buy them from me.” PeopleYearsTerribleSellsMovedPianoLos AngelesSalesmanOhioColumbusColumbus Ohio Author:Michael Feinstein
“There is no perfect love - that's something I'm very realistic about.” PerfectRealisticPerfect Love Author:Chaka Khan
“I'm an extremely determined person. I'm very serious about what I do.” PersonsSeriousDetermined Author:Chaka Khan
“America breeds ambition and while that can be a good thing, sometimes it's not. Ambition also breeds competition and that can be a very bad thing. People become chronically preoccupied with competing and don't know when to stop. It can become unhealthy.” PeopleKnowsSometimesAmericaAmbitionCompetitionGood ThingsBad ThingsCompetingUnhealthy Author:Chaka Khan
“My mother was into opera and my father was into jazz, so there was a lot of jazz in the house where I grew up.” MotherFatherHouseGrewGrew UpJazzOpera Author:Chaka Khan
“I was born and raised in the University of Chicago area and had an uneventful middle-class Catholic childhood. I had a heavy Catholic upbringing and Catholicism is terrible - it's the reason there were slaves. Mass every morning at seven o'clock during Lent. It's a totally negative, man-made religion.” MenMadeReasonBornClassMorningChildhoodMiddleTerribleMassAreasNegativeCatholicSlaveRaisedSevenUniversityHeavyClockMiddle ClassCatholicismChicagoEvery MorningUpbringingBorn And Raised Author:Chaka Khan
“I control my life and I have never let success run away with me - I've taken it and ran. And the only thing that could threaten my stability is me - I'm my only threat and my own worst enemy. Beyond that, I don't feel successful. I'm nowhere near where I plan to be as far as my goals.” FeelsRunningGoalMy OwnEnemySuccessfulTakenPlansWorstThreatRanStabilityRunning AwayWorst EnemyMy Own Worst Enemy Author:Chaka Khan
“A song is not going to change this damn world. Instead of making people mad about this shitty situation, it's going to make everybody happy. It's a false thing. It's like a lullaby as opposed to a gun. People need to be slapped into reality and music just doesn't do that.” PeopleWorldNeedsRealitySongSituationGunMadDamnLullaby Author:Chaka Khan
“If I wanted to fight to make a better world racially, I wouldn't be in the music business. You dig, if I were going to be a freedom fighter music is the wrong field.” IfsWorldWantedFightingFieldsMusic IsFighterMusic BusinessFreedom Fighter Author:Chaka Khan