80 Quotes by Chaka Khan

We are so similar in many ways, in that we are both so eclectic, ... And we love so many genres of music and we love to just mix stuff up.

They are in it to make money, period, ... And they are looking at their earnings at the end of a fiscal year. You, on the other hand, are the total opposite of that. You are trying to express yourself, your deepest stuff. The two really don't go together when you think about it.

You’ve just got to follow your own path. You have to trust your heart and you have to listen to the warnings.

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.

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.

I love to sing. It’s the easiest thing for me to do.

The bickering and fighting and hating that women do with each other – it’s going to kill us as a race of people.

Your moment of clarity comes when you face your fears. Sobriety gave me back me – my life. Self-medication kills you slowly. You can never get a handle on that. It’s a highly destructive force that has to be dealt with on a spiritual level as much as a physical one.

It’s time for those of us who have a voice to speak out for life, for love and for justice using the same media we’ve used throughout our careers.