67 Quotes by Fantasia Barrino

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.

When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad.

I always want people to - to get the message that I'm trying to send out. You know, I've been through some things, so when I get up there and sing my songs, I'm like, Hey, I've been through it, and I want to encourage somebody else that if you're going through it, you can come out.

I thought if I was going to go into the competition, I was going to go in the same way I was going to go out. I was just going to be me.

You're illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell. So that, for me, kept me...in a box and I didn't, wouldn't come out.

You're illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell,

I knew exactly what I was doing. You can't accidentally take a whole bottle of pills.

Have a little faith. Don't give up.

Cause when I had my child, people tried to make me feel like life was over for me, and I started to believe that.