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I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.

I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.


Anita Baker  Anita Baker
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Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958)[1] is an American singer-songwriter. Starting her career in the late 1970s with the funk band Chapter 8, Baker released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983. In 1986, she rose to stardom following the release of her platinum-selling second album, Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single "Sweet Love". She is regarded as one of the most popular singers of soulful romantic ballads during the height of the quiet storm period of contemporary R&B in the 1980s.[1] As of 2017, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards and has five platinum albums and one gold album. Her vocal range is contralto.[2][3][4][5]

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I don't think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.

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I need my career. That's what validates me.

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It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn't come.

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I'm used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing and the daughter thing.

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I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.

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Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

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Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.

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