Fantasia Barrino Quotations

I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.

I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

I always say you've only got one life to live, and you're not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.

You've got to make it a good example for those kids regardless of how much you mess up.

My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.

I wanted people to see me, to change their minds about me.

I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith.

I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people.

I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up.

I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'

I like to play dress up, I'm in love with fashion.

When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.

I seemed so different from other kids; I grew up in church and felt a connection with God, and a lot of kids my age really didn't understand that.

'Cause when I had my child, people tried to make me feel like life was over for me, and I started to believe that.

I caught a lot of flak for being a young mama.

I've never been in a competition before, and I said I'm going to go. I think - I just love to sing.

It's always good when you can bring two artists together who are totally different.

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.

When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad.

I always want people to - to get the message that I'm trying to send out. You know, I've been through some things, so when I get up there and sing my songs, I'm like, Hey, I've been through it, and I want to encourage somebody else that if you're going through it, you can come out.

I thought if I was going to go into the competition, I was going to go in the same way I was going to go out. I was just going to be me.

You're illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell. So that, for me, kept me...in a box and I didn't, wouldn't come out.

You're illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell,

I knew exactly what I was doing. You can't accidentally take a whole bottle of pills.

Have a little faith. Don't give up.

Cause when I had my child, people tried to make me feel like life was over for me, and I started to believe that.

Sometimes you have to lose to win again.

If I could have waited, I would have.

And my mom comes upstairs and she says, 'Something is wrong with you.' I wouldn't even talk. She says, 'Have you been touched?' I still said nothing. I laid in that bed for two days. I wouldn't even go to school.