Gladys Knight Quotations

We all have a responsibility, and since I've been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity.

Believe me when I say this: you can't please everyone in concert, even though I still want to. Someone always wants you to sing a song that isn't necessarily on your set list.

Well, I never danced with the 'Pips' - they didn't let me dance!

I always kind of thought I want to be a good person, I want to be right to my fellow men and love them like were supposed to.

I'm a people lover. I love interacting with different people as I meet them, and I think people are one of God's greatest creations, I really do. They're interesting and intriguing.

Soul is just that inner spirit. I use that inner spirit for whatever it is I do.

God is gracious enough to let us know, in due time while we're here and the fact that I'm still around and I'm still singing, it is really to his glory.

I don't regret any decisions I've made in my life.

When you pay your money to see me, I want you to have the best concert you can have from me.

I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To me, the queen of doodling was Ella Fitzgerald, and scatting is something I never thought I could do.

Most people who ask me what's my favorite song, expect that it's 'Midnight Train' or 'Neither One of Us.' But actually, it's always kinda been 'The Need to Be' because of what it says. I love the way that song was written, I love the melody, I love everything about it.

Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? 'You can be in an arena,' he said, 'and you should be able to hold their attention.'

I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early - I've been singing since I was four.

I know how hard it is to send two kids to college when you ain't got nothing. I know people may not think of me in that way, but this business gives you ups and downs.

Mom told us we were going to work hard and send that money home and invest it.

If all I do in my life is soothe someone's spirit with a song, then let me do that and I'm happy.

I was just being obedient to what my parents saw in me. I was more interested in the things the women in my family, my mom, grandmother and aunt were all about: homemaking and cooking and housekeeping. I wanted to be a housewife and mom.

It was designed to be a live, flexible environment and -- given that it had an entertainment base -- I loved it. It was like breathing pure oxygen.

You could have told me yourself that you found someone else, instead I heard it through the grapevine.

If all I do in my life is soothe someone's spirit with a song , then let me do that and I'm happy.

Sometimes the best things are right in front of you; it just takes some time to see them.

Talent like Michael's is rare. I feel so privileged to have known him and so look forward to honouring his memory in what is going to be the biggest and only tribute to this great showman.

Ancient, ancient times, ... And here I am, still busier than ever.