Quotes from Toni Braxton

I do six shows a week. Sometimes my voice gets tired, but I love it.

To do what you love can sometimes be stressful.

I'm in love with kid's stories and animation.

..And i can't get you out of my mind, God knows how hard I've tried

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.

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.

I know for works for me - those wonderful sad love songs.

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.

There are problems with the single already. I don't want to put out the first single, Hit the Freeway.

I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy.

If I'm uncomfortable, you'd never know.

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.

Sad songs seem to work for me, but I don't want to be redundant; I want to add a little flavor.

I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy.

I know for works for me - those wonderful sad love songs.

In a broken marriage, it can be challenging and tough to get that work/life balance. I love performing but I also love being a mum, and I hate having to choose between them.

But I don't want to be out there anymore I don't want people asking me about my health issues, about my kids. I choose not to be a public paparazzi girl on purpose.

Although becoming a singer was my plan A after first hearing Whitney Houston when I was 17, I started off with plan B by going to the teacher-training college that my dad went to. It was a slow coming of age.

Dating is different when you get older. You're not as trusting, or as eager to get back out there and expose yourself to someone.

I've been advised not to have any more children for medical reasons, so that's it - the shop has closed, even though I would have loved a daughter.

How could an Angel break my heart? Why didnt he catch my falling star? I wish I didnt wish so hard. Maybe I wished our love apart.

Take back that sad word goodbye. Bring back the joy to my life. Dont leave me here with these tears come and kiss this pain away. I cant forget the day you left, time is so unkind. And life is so cruel without you here beside me.