59 Quotes by Anita Baker

"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."

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

"I’d love to be the political voice of my generation, but that’s not my gift."

"As soon as you get off stage, that’s the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ."

"Typically, the theme of my albums, if there is a theme, is, ‘How does it feel?’ And that always leads to love songs. It just does."

"I need my career. That’s what validates me."

"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."

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

"I don't even have voice mail, and people get all out of shape about that. But, you know what, I don't want to transcribe your message; I want to talk to you. And that kind of freaks people out a bit. They go, 'Oh, who has time to talk?' and I'm like, 'Well, I'm gonna make time.'"