84 Quotes by Aaliyah

"People are gonna look up to me because I’m young, black, and female."

"All I can do is leave it in God’s hands and hope that my fans feel where I’m coming from."

"I don’t think about my previous success. I’m happy that the work I’ve done has been very successful."

"I don’t want to abandon one work for the other, and I don’t think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them."

"I don’t feel I made any sacrifices at all. I’m doing my best to juggle."

"I’ve been singing all my life. I’ve always wanted this. I sang in church, in school plays, and my parents gave me vocal lessons. My parents always said this was destined for me."

"It’s fun to be creative and innovative and come up with something crazy. So I need people to work with who are not going to be afraid to take it to the left a bit."

"I’m a total performer."

"It’s really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect."

"There is always a bit of pressure to do a good album – to do good work, period. I really put a lot of pressure on myself, more so than other people. But I try not to let that overwhelm me to the point where I can’t even do good work. I just put it aside and do the best that I know that I can."