55 Quotes by Gladys Knight

I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early – I’ve been singing since I was four.

Well, I never danced with the ‘Pips’ – they didn’t let me dance!

Nobody has a perfect anything. We don't have perfect lives. We're not perfect beings.

Love is what makes the world go around. I know it's a big cliche to use, but it is the absolute truth. There is nothing else like it. I know that is what everybody is striving to feel: in relationships, in brother- and sisterhood, and in all of the things that we aspire to have in our lives.

I got into gambling when I was playing a casino. I was a hermit in those days. I would go onstage, go to my room, or if we had to travel, I'd get in a car or a plane, whatever. But I didn't do anything. One day, this friend of mine said, 'Do you want to play some blackjack?'

I have a wonderful family!

I have wonderful children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

I don't live in L.A. I live in Las Vegas.

I always kind of thought I want to be a good person, I want to be right to my fellow men and love them like we're supposed to.