67 Quotes by Fantasia Barrino

I never started out as an R&B singer. I grew up on all types of music - jazz, rock, pop, country, folk - and I wanted to bring that to my stage.

I wanted to be like some of the other young ladies that were in my school. I used to get picked on in church. Nobody wants to hang out with me. I want to hang out with the cool girls, and I started to take the wrong turn and do things I knew wasn't right.

I stopped going to church for awhile.

I wanted people to know that I've been through the rain. I've been broken into pieces; I had a daughter at such a young age. There were times people would say, 'That's it for her.' But that didn't happen.

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.'

I've been singing in church since I was little; my grandmother is a pastor.

I want real love.

You can't tell me that dreams don't come true. My life is proof that they do.

I didn't want to be the type of mother where my child came to me, and I can't even help her with her homework.