“I'm not like Stephanie Mills or Whitney Houston with actual hits. My f...” — Jennifer Holliday Quote

I'm not like Stephanie Mills or Whitney Houston with actual hits. My fans think everything I did was a hit.

Usually, if someone wants an inspiring-type number - patriotic, gospel, big love song - then I think you do think of me.

For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking.

It was a very hard decision to let people know about the multiple sclerosis because we're in an industry where illness is not something that show business likes.

I'm quite sure we all have a sweet love song that we dance to or recall from our wedding or something, like 'At Last,' but I think that it is the love-gone-wrong songs that touch even men.

In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.

The trick to making a story matter is that every now and then, somebody you care about has to go. If it's somebody that you don't care about, then it doesn't really have - the stakes aren't there. But if you do that every now and then, then the story matters to people. And there are actual stakes involved, emotional stakes.

There's parts of touring I like. I like the actual performance part, but the bit when you're in the airport waiting at the carousel for your bags to come around, I don't like that a bit.

I've managed to keep my career going in a way that suits me. I'll perform, and then I'll go home to my actual life, and I've never been so visible.