Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying. Chaka Khan More Quotes by Chaka Khan More Quotes From Chaka Khan You've just got to follow your own path. You have to trust your heart and you have to listen to the warnings. ... You can't argue with the universe. It's not about that. It's more about relaxing and knowing that you can handle it and feeling empowered. Knowing you have the power to do whatever the hell you want to do. That's what it's about. It really is. Chaka Khan knowingfeelingsheart The bickering and fighting and hating that women do with each other - it's going to kill us as a race of people. Chaka Khan hatefightingrace It's time for those of us who have a voice to speak out for life, for love and for justice using the same media we've used throughout our careers. Chaka Khan speaks-outmediacareers You've just got to follow your own path. You have to trust your heart and you have to listen to the warnings. Chaka Khan warningpathheart I control my life and I have never let success run away with me - I've taken it and ran. And the only thing that could threaten my stability is me - I'm my only threat and my own worst enemy. Beyond that, I don't feel successful. I'm nowhere near where I plan to be as far as my goals. Chaka Khan takensuccessfulrunning But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other. Chaka Khan how-to-loverespectappreciate As you get older, though, you realize there are fire extinguishers. You do have an ability to control the flames. Chaka Khan realizingflamesfire Walking through this life really is walking through fire. Chaka Khan this-lifefirewalking I want to give some positive messages and to empower some people. Chaka Khan empoweringgivingpeople I would have been an archaeologist or something, maybe a historian. There are a lot of things I would have liked to have done differently, but everything that happened to me made me the person I am today. No matter how negative it seemed at the time or whatever hardship it seemed to have been at that time, Im just the sum of all those amazing experiences. Chaka Khan donetodaynegative I'm a woman and I'm a backbone...everybody needs one. Chaka Khan backboneneeds When I was in my twenties, it felt like I was riding wild horses, and I was hoping I didnt go over a cliff. Chaka Khan ridinghorsetwenties Painted faces, sun burnt skin, fixed expressions, smiles worn thin. Chaka Khan mediaexpressionart Your moment of clarity comes when you face your fears. Sobriety gave me back me - my life. Self-medication kills you slowly. You can never get a handle on that. It's a highly destructive force that has to be dealt with on a spiritual level as much as a physical one. Chaka Khan sobrietyselfspiritual I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do. Chaka Khan I've always struggled so much just to appreciate myself. Chaka Khan appreciate A song is not going to change this damn world. Instead of making people mad about this shitty situation, it's going to make everybody happy. It's a false thing. It's like a lullaby as opposed to a gun. People need to be slapped into reality and music just doesn't do that. Chaka Khan gunsongreality If I wanted to fight to make a better world racially, I wouldn't be in the music business. You dig, if I were going to be a freedom fighter music is the wrong field. Chaka Khan fightingfieldsworld I won't become a household word, or achieve the fame I deserve in my lifetime because of the way I look. Chaka Khan lifetimelooksway I'd been in a vicious cycle and circle of people and couldn't see my way out. So I picked myself up one day about 15 years ago and moved where I didn't know anyone. Chaka Khan circlespeopleyears
