Quotes from Whitney Houston

I'm not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn't do anything for my ego at all. I want to play places where people don't have to sit in the nosebleed seats and wonder what the hell is going on.

I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love

I'm an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.

From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.

You get that love from the people. It lets me know that all the madness I go through, all the stuff that the business has to offer with all its madness; it makes it worthwhile.

I love to sing, but it's just not fun anymore.

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

When you're feeling full of doubt and fear has got you in a bind, love will save the day.

You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you've got to be straight up with you.

I'm a person who has life and wants to live, and always have.

I've turned down a lot of arena dates because I've done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them.

What's in your soul is in your soul.

I'm good where I am at this moment.

I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.

Nobody makes me do anything I don't want to do. It's my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

I hope life treats you kind, and I hope you have all you've dreamed of. And I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love.

Bittersweet memories that is all I'm taking with me. So, goodbye. Please, don't cry.

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

She fills me up. She gives me love, more love than I've ever seen. She's all I've got, she's all I've got in this world, but she's all the woman that I need.

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.

I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.

I believe the children are our future