I'm a businesswoman who's serious about her money. I want an empire. Toni Braxton More Quotes by Toni Braxton More Quotes From Toni Braxton I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same. Toni Braxton performing-musicfashionyears I learned that I had to believe in myself and not just to be comfortable with the opinions of others. I'm just more in control; I finalize everything. Toni Braxton opinioncomfortablebelieve When you take high risks, the rewards are higher. So sometimes I'll gamble just to see what happens. If it doesn't work, I know I can't do that. Toni Braxton rewardsrisksometimes Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do Toni Braxton performingbootsworld I've always tried to be positive. There's a lot going on. Toni Braxton being-positive I was so glad I did Beauty and the Beast. I always wanted to act, and if the bankruptcy thing hadn't happened, I wouldn't have started acting. Toni Braxton beastactingwanted How could an Angel break my heart? Why didn't he catch my falling star? I wish I didn't wish so hard. Maybe I wished our love apart. Toni Braxton confusedstarslove I can live a totally normal life and do everything I want to do just as long as I take my medication. My body will give me signals if it gets weak or fatigued, so I know when I need to take a break. Toni Braxton givinglongneeds If you break your knee, you have therapy on your knee, and it's the same for your heart. Toni Braxton kneesbreakheart I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White. Toni Braxton whitesoundmorning You lose the arrogance you need to be successful, but you need that arrogance because the second someone sees that side of you and chip at it, it's over. Toni Braxton arrogancesuccessfulneeds Will people think I've been dropped? Oh God, you don't want people to think that. No one will want to touch you if they think you got dropped. Toni Braxton wantpeoplethinking I look at other artists who have had fabulous first albums, and you don't know what they're doing today. Who's to say I'll be an exception to that rule? Toni Braxton albumsartistlooks I like being in love. I want to be in love, but at this stage of my life, my career is, by far, the most important thing to me. It's my passion. Toni Braxton being-in-lovepassioncareers I let everybody else's negative energy feed on me a little. Toni Braxton energylittlesnegative Broadway, I have to memorize everything. You get one time to do it right. Toni Braxton one-timebroadway I love my family, I'll do anything for them. Toni Braxton love-my-familyi-love-my-familymy-family My ideal kinda guy, if I was really gonna go there even though he's married, is Mark Wahlberg. To me he's a little black and white, the kinda guy who would understand if I pull my weave out. Toni Braxton black-and-whiteguylittles I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life. Toni Braxton doctorsheartmean I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog. Toni Braxton tadpolesfrogstrying
