I can only give what I have. And when I receive, I give it back. Chaka Khan More Quotes by Chaka Khan More Quotes From Chaka Khan Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more. Chaka Khan platforms singers way Every personal experience of my life impacts my music. I can only give what I have. And when I receive, I give it back. I often fix it or color it differently or give it in my way, but thats what its about. Chaka Khan impact color giving If we could just see how related we all are, how we're really all in the same place. Chaka Khan related ifs I was born and raised in the University of Chicago area and had an uneventful middle-class Catholic childhood. I had a heavy Catholic upbringing and Catholicism is terrible - it's the reason there were slaves. Mass every morning at seven o'clock during Lent. It's a totally negative, man-made religion. Chaka Khan class morning men There is no perfect love - that's something I'm very realistic about. Chaka Khan perfect-love realistic perfect If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison. Chaka Khan call-me pops prison There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to. Chaka Khan stills people I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do. Chaka Khan unhappy want mean But me and my sister knew all the Doris Day and Frank Sinatra songs, too. Chaka Khan dori my-sister song My mother was into opera and my father was into jazz, so there was a lot of jazz in the house where I grew up. Chaka Khan mother house father I loved him [Prince], the world loved him.Now he's at peace with his Father.Rest in power, Prince , my brother. Chaka Khan brother father world I have some scars... lots of internal ones. But they're all scabbed over. Chaka Khan scar internals I like to work spontaneously. Chaka Khan I've been collaborating with Ira Schickman on some songs, and there will be many other, great musicians involved. Chaka Khan ira musician song One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out Chaka Khan want song thinking My mom took me to see Goldfinger. My mom took me to see To Sir, With Love. Chaka Khan my-mom mom In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time. Chaka Khan reins felt It sacrifices people's lives and their essences at the drop of a dimeI had a manager once say to me, You know you're worth more money dead than alive. Chaka Khan sacrifice essence people If I love a song, I make it mine. Chaka Khan mines ifs song I'd like to work on putting art programs back in schools. Chaka Khan program art school
