Quotes from Tionne Watkins

Because of my sickle-cell disease, I have a high tolerance for pain.

I'm hoping that somehow with songs like 'American Gold' there will be some kind of justice, and people just stop being so close-minded to where they're like, 'Oh, it's not race.' It's easy to say that when you're not black and you haven't experienced it.

Whatever your hustle is, go somewhere with it.

A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.

TLC never broke up. We are sisters for life.

I'm open. All of my situations have made me who I am.

I've worked in the studio with a lot of young girls, and they'll go, 'Oh, the label is telling me to take off my clothes, and I don't feel comfortable.' Well if you don't feel comfortable, don't do it.

I've traveled the world in one of the best groups ever. I'm 42.

I have learned to smile when I wasn't happy, to sing when I didn't feel like it, and to do things just to please my fans.

I got kicked out of four high schools just because people took issue with the colour of my skin. As if I could help the colour I was born.

I'm in charge of raising a young woman one day, to be a mother and hopefully a wife.

One thing, parents: you need to realize is you've got to stop letting artists raise your kids. You're the parent. Why don't you monitor what your child wears? Ariana Grande didn't sign on to be a role model.

It's amazing what miracles and little angels and pure love around you can bring out.

I had to learn a lot about myself during the situation with my brain tumor.

I've been through a lot with sickle-cell, but my recovery from the brain tumor was the hardest thing.

I feel naked without earrings. I'll pass out twice. It feels like I'm missing a body part.

I don't care about Donald Trump. I mean, God is my president. So I just feel sorry for people it affects, but I don't care about him.

Miracles happen every day - I'm one!

'Waterfalls' spoke to so many people at a time where people needed to feel like somebody was on their side.

I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.

The interesting thing about the TLC network is that they were interested in following me, not leading me.

'Creep,' unfortunately, was one of my true stories.

TLC always looked up to male bands. We saw guy groups could just go out and get the fans screaming by just standing there - fully clothed and with nothing but their music... We saw them as the competition more than the girl groups, with whom we wanted to stay unified.

I had an attitude problem when I was a kid. I'm not gonna lie.