Teena Marie
Related When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an... MISSY ELLIOTT YUNA CHUCK D I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES JOHN LEGEND I am, as they say, the classic starving artist. CHERYL STRAYED BURNING SPEAR QUEEN LATIFAH My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time. ROSANNE CASH Each artist goes through the next step in their career, and the soundtrack is the first joint ventur... MATTHEW KNOWLES JOAN BAEZ MARTIN GARRIX Sometimes people come to my shows and think I'm a Christian artist, and they put their hands up ... JENNY LEWIS When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't s... AHMET ERTEGUN I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed o... JAMES IHA CHARLIE PUTH I have a great body, I really do. But I want to be taken seriously as an artist, and wearing anythin... JANELLE MONAE TAYLOR SWIFT ERYKAH BADU [Jon's been in the lab with Too Short as well.] Short is like 'Uncle Short,' ... Short was the first... LIL JON People look at me, and they have a certain perception, and they slap a label on me. The guy you saw ... DAVE BAUTISTA My plan was always to leave school and live in a flat with some friends, have a 9 to 5 job, and try ... ELLA HENDERSON KARL LAGERFELD In the years since I first met Paul I’ve had all sorts of labels stuck on me. Now the new label is... LINDA EASTMAN MCCARTNEY I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I In the years since I first met Paul Ive had all sorts of labels stuck on me. Now the new label is ... LINDA EASTMAN MCCARTNEY This is still unknown territory. The question is how much of the appeal of a singer like this is bec... BOYD PETERSON EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR. TOBY KEITH CHARLIE PUTH PAULA COLE HELEN REDDY DAVID COOK I'm an independent. I've signed with no label. CHRISTINA GRIMMIE JOHN TRAVOLTA WIZ KHALIFA KENDRICK LAMAR KATY PERRY If I'm not putting out music, I'mma be producing for everybody. I got an artist named Mike S... WARREN G HANNAH SIMONE MAGGIE STIEFVATER I'm not deciding what the artist is going to write about because it's the artist. They'r... BENNY BLANCO We just wanted to play music and have fun with it. We wrote the best songs we could, we got label at... GABE BORQUEZ MATT DAMON BEYONCE KNOWLES LIL WAYNE One professor in college told me flat out I wasn't good enough to enter the creative writing pro... ELLEN POTTER PENELOPE CRUZ TOMI LAHREN PATTI SMITH KID CUDI We knew from music school that if we wanted to get signed we had to give the record label something ... JOEY ZEHR When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce oth... VALERIE SIMPSON I am an artist first and a photographer second. ANDRES SERRANO I am a teacher first, and an artist second. LINDA DARTY YUNA If I'm writing for a particular artist, I definitely think about their past records, pay attenti... SEVYN STREETER I'm signed to a U.S. label, and I didn't enjoy the 3 A.M. phone calls. I'm not a great s... ESTELLE TOBY KEITH JENNI RIVERA My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I&... K'NAAN I'm just basically trying to make music that feels good. Right now in the music industry there&#... TRISTAN WILDS The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me h... DANNY BROWN NAIMA ADEDAPO Every photo shoot, I'm always asking the makeup artist what they're using on me, and I'l... DENISE RICHARDS You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knoc... SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON KELSEA BALLERINI EDDIE MURPHY It is probably like an artist. They see in their head what they want to draw, and they draw it. It i... CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN I worked with some directors, and it was really collaborative, and I was sort of writing with them. ... PADDY CONSIDINE CARINE ROITFELD When I first came back to go to church, my family told me not to discuss politics or my views there.... AMY MOORE TAYLOR SWIFT I'm a free spirit and that definitely comes from my upbringing, so it's definitely shaped me... NEON HITCH Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different a... LA'PORSHA RENAE More artists need to be diverse in the way they (present) their music. Gwen has been the first major... JAY FRANK Two birdies on the first and second hole, they gave me a bit of relaxation. After I finished the fir... MARDAN MAMAT I have to be my own artist. I need the world to know who I am, especially for music. When it comes t... MITCHEL MUSSO CHARLIE PUTH MICHELLE BRANCH They told me they wanted a big back, and that I fit their profile physically and mentally, and that ... DERRELL SMITH CHRIS BROWN ORHAN PAMUK I also want to start my own label, Preservation Collective. I want to raise awareness about the worl... CARLOS WASHINGTON CRISS JAMI G-EAZY FAITH HILL SAM HUNT LAKE BELL THIA MEGIA I have such an eclectic taste in music. Come to a backyard BBQ at my house, and I will run the gamut... MIKE VOGEL They tell me I have a good shot at starting but that is just talk. I got to do the same thing as I h... MIKE BROWN I refuse to be your puppet, you cant tell me, brainwash me,label me, i am me. HANNAH HOWITT BIPASHA BASU I'm not the only one in the studio a lot of times, so I have my boys in there and they'll te... FLO RIDA ADAM ANT SOLANGE KNOWLES MADONNA CICCONE I can't really see myself as an artist. Now, to step out here and there, do it when I feel like ... T.I. I'm going into my first Olympics, whereas people I'm racing against are going into their thi... ADAM PEATY
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TEENA MARIE TEENA MARIE TEENA MARIE TEENA MARIE TEENA MARIE TEENA MARIE TEENA MARIE If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans p... TEENA BOOTH MARIE CURIE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE HELVIN MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE LU MARIE OSMOND MARIE HELVIN One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of gre... MARIE RUTKOSKI MARIE HELVIN MARIE HELVIN I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home, which answer the same purpose ... MARIE CORELLI MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE CURIE Kestrel's cruel calculation appalled her. This was part of what had made her resist the military: th... MARIE RUTKOSKI MARIE LU Freedom is hunting, feeding, danger; that, that is freedom --that it is which makes the veins to swe... MARIE LOVELL MARIE CURIE MARIE LU He had only heard of dragons, and although he had never seen one, he was sure they existed. DEE MARIE I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose a... MARIE CORELLI MARIE OSMOND MARIE CURIE MARIE LENERU MARIE DRESSLER MARIE DRESSLER MARIE CURIE Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand m... MARIE CURIE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE CHAPIAN MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE LAURENCIN MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE CHAPIAN Again and again parents describe...the trancelike nature of their children's television watching. Th... MARIE WINN MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE LOUISE MARIE CURIE Fancy your having no sunshine in London yesterday! Here it was glorious, like full summer, and I sat... MARIE CORELLI MARIE CURIE Now in India, a village boy who has worked his way up to work at a call center, or if he gets a job ... MARIE BRENNER MARIE KONDO MARIE CURIE MARIE WINDSOR MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE HELVIN MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE OSMOND MARIE CURIE I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose a... MARIE CORELLI MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE CURIE MARIE KONDO Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally beyond all t... MARIE CORELLI MARIE KONDO MARIE HELVIN I hope that people will realize that the struggle to make a life better with a sibling is worth it. MARIE BRENNER MARIE HELVIN MARIE HELVIN MARIE WINDSOR MARIE OSMOND MARIE KONDO MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE KONDO MARIE CURIE Whether we think of Disney's blonde beauty and her pumpkin carriage or Marissa Meyer's recen... MARIE RUTKOSKI Me entró entonces la duda de si habría poseído alguna vez un don que no fuese el de la fabulació... MARIE NDIAYE MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE ANTOINETTE Chase your dreams until you catch them...and then dream, catch, and dream again! DEE MARIE It's not across the board but it will apply to almost all of GM's mid-sized cars, ANNE MARIE Community-based enrollment is the true success story of New York's program, and it has changed peopl... ANNE MARIE It has definitely gone more upscale in recent years, and some of the smaller family owned places hav... ANNE MARIE There are a lot of things that have changed with the way people use libraries, ... We really need to... ANNE MARIE I ran away when I was 18 and now I still can't stop hurting myself because of the pain he caused me,... ANNE MARIE It's not something you have to do five days a week. It's very flexible. ANNE MARIE We cannot comment on speculation. I have not heard that, ANNE MARIE There were strong doubts about whether this was an appropriate thing for regional companies to be do... ANNE MARIE It has been a pleasure to work with Cablevision and combine our talents and resources to create soft... ANNE MARIE We are blessed, ... Many people back in New Orleans, they don't have anything. We feel gratitude for... ANNE MARIE Arin. I've wanted to do this for a long time."MARIE RUTKOSKI MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE OSMOND MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE WINDSOR You should always be well and bright, for so you do your best work; and you have so much beautiful w... MARIE CORELLI MARIE HELVIN MARIE HELVIN MARIE WINDSOR MARIE WINDSOR MARIE CURIE MARIE HELVIN The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them... MARIE EDGEWORTH MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE DRESSLER MARIE HELVIN When someone falls, don't laugh at them. Help them up. They will pay you back some day. BROOKLYN MARIE I was a tomboy as a child! I wanted my daughter to be a scrapper and not so dainty. CONSTANCE MARIE MARIE LU MARIE HELVIN MARIE KONDO MARIE OSMOND MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE LU MARIE KONDO MARIE LU I trusted in friendship rather than love MARIE CORELLI I can dip the pen in my own blood if I choose. MARIE CORELLI MARIE KONDO MARIE CURIE MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE LU MARIE CURIE MARIE KONDO MARIE KONDO MARIE WINDSOR MARIE ANTOINETTE MARIE KONDO MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU MARIE LU The problem with loving is that pets don't last long enough and people last too long. MARIE CORELLI MARIE LU MARIE CURIE MARIE CURIE MARIE LENERU MARIE CURIE MARIE HELVIN At one point in the 'Onyx Court' series, I think during 'In Ashes Lie', I suggested ... 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When I got signed to the 'Fader' Label, they got really excited about having me as their new... 
What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by ... 
I remember when I first came out as an artist, back in 2004 or 2005, the record label used to take m... 
A lot of things encouraged me to start my label. I think it's very important for an artist to kn... 
There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influ... 
If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second lab... 
I wanted to have a label to not only release my own stuff but to also give young talent a chance to ... 
I've gone through many phases in music in my life. Before I was signed, I was making completely ... 
I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own ... 
I'm a performance artist first; I'm a recording artist second. 
I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea. 
Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There... 
None of the Nashville labels think I'm going to make it. But I feel very confident about my new labe... 
I came out to L.A. to be a songwriter and not an artist, and I'm so excited because I always sec... 
I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are chee... 
I wanted control over the merchandising, the actual packaging of the product. That was a big factor.... 
I have to be involved. Whether it's me writing by myself or with other people, I definitely want... 
I'm not big on sequels; I've done them, but I like doing little things that have their own t... 
When you're from the East Coast or you're from the South, people expect you to sound a certa... 
I'm just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I'm inspired to go back... 
At my second record label, they told me and other female artists that some of us were going on the c... 
I remember the first time my friend Colin Lewis, who used to be a judge with me on a show on MuchMus... 
When I graduated from college, I went straight to work for a federal contractor, a desk job, and the... 
I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm... 
When I was writing the Destiny's Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking con... 
They say I'm the Hottest MC in the Game. If you label me that, I will live up to it. Trust me. 
I just try not to label myself in any way. I just have an allergy to labels in general. I can tell y... 
I don't care what you label me or how many times you come for me. I am fearless, and I'm jus... 
I don't believe any artist who says, 'I had to do that because DJs will tell me I can't ... 
The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are use... 
I was doing quite well in Malaysia... Everyone was so excited about my music, and they started accep... 
I made sure the first artist I signed was Toby Keith. 
I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, b... 
My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that... 
I was raised on a farm in East Tennessee, and my first concert was Britney Spears. It's my job a... 
I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything. 
I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist,... 
I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I start... 
My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major ... 
I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. Bu... 
I must be myself, I said over and over. I must forget these people buzzing inside my head, I must fo... 
Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label... 
In my opinion, creative control means a lot, I feel like I'm really in touch with who my fans ar... 
My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a l... 
I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country arti... 
I like my body, I like to have fun with what I put on, but I also want to remain classic. So I guess... 
I have many musical inspirations, but I would really love to just be me. My very own artist. 
As a child, I was a brat, and my parents didn't know how to control me. So they told me ghost st... 
When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. Th... 
I still stand behind the stuff I did early on, but I was on a record label, and I didn't have a ... 
When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contr... 
It's just a whole different thing, and it's just that my life has been a blessing, and I tha... 
I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I ... 
I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I wa... 
The first experiments on the biological properties of radium were successfully made in France, with ... 
My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them... 
I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. 
Smiling makes you and others feel better, and it makes you look younger. 
The death of my husband, coming immediately after the general knowledge of the discoveries with whic... 
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discove... 
On the one hand, I'm so relieved that I've actually managed to finish my very first series a... 
Women are so strong and knowledgeable. You know, instead of competing with each other, I would love ... 
I definitely think men prefer women more undone and natural than butch and masculine. They prefer a ... 
My sister Naomi and I always wanted to go to Tahiti. We planned a fantastic holiday to visit several... 
We are both disturbed and fascinated by visions of bleak futures, predictions of what might come if ... 
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh abo... 
To succeed is nothing -- it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very dif... 
By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few thi... 
It is not how old you are, but how you are old. 
Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing. 
Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier. 
Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing. 
I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admir... 
My head was full of tidying tips, and I had complete, albeit misguided, confidence that I could tidy... 
Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stell... 
Let them eat cake. 
This I regard as a classic example of my not being properly prepared for a part I very much wanted. 
I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent. 
I am still alone, broken and small, the butterfly fighting for life in the grass. 
If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics? 
To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outliv... 
I learned a great lesson from my mother on her deathbed. She counseled me on the importance of takin... 
Attachment to the past and fears concerning the future not only govern the way you select the things... 
To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel no doubts about oneself is something very diffe...