Latest Queen Latifah Quotes from Interviews

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• I think it's important to raise your kids, start 'em early. Teaching them the values and morals, so when they get out there on their own, you know they have it. They just have to remember to use it, but they have it.

  Queen Latifah

  Teaching, Kids, Thinking

  Source: globalgrind.com

• My mother and I definitely got to a point where we had to have a real conversation and talk woman to woman, or daughter to mother, friend to friend - just off the record, clear the air and communicate. I didn't want to drive my mama crazy, but at the same time, I had to do, I had to learn, I had to grow and she understood that. She knows me better than anyone else on the planet so I tried to think about that.

  Queen Latifah

  Mother, Daughter, Crazy

  Source: globalgrind.com

• I like to keep some coloring tools around to draw vistas.

  Queen Latifah

  Tools, Vistas, Draws

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• [when I'm not working I like to] listen to music, watch something really funny like South Park.

  Queen Latifah

  Watches, Parks, Listening To Music

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• There is nothing like a person with confidence, male or female, not conceitedness, but confidence. That inspires other people.

  Queen Latifah

  People, Inspire, Males

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• Half the battle is confidence. There are people who have great figures but have terrible confidence so you are not drawn to them because they seem down all the time.

  Queen Latifah

  People, Battle, Half

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• I already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.

  Queen Latifah

  Cooking, Together, Normal

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• There are two things I wear. One is a Curvation undergarment over my whole body, and then maybe I'll also put on some Spanx. They're so great. They have a way of smoothing everything out, and then you can just put on whatever you want. It accents you and makes you feel pretty.

  Queen Latifah

  Two, Body, Want

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• [Hiking] is not that crazy, but when you look back and you see that mountain you just climbed, you say, "I can't believe I did that."

  Queen Latifah

  Crazy, Believe, Hiking

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• There are still some places I'd love to visit - Africa, China, Brazil, India. I want to travel the world and experience other cultures and peoples.

  Queen Latifah

  Other Cultures, India, Brazil

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• Jumping off that cliff in Jamaica.It was years ago. It was at this place called Rick's Cafe. Actually, it was two cliffs. They were pretty high, probably a good 40- 50-foot jump into the ocean. That was crazy.

  Queen Latifah

  Crazy, Ocean, Jumping

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• I need something bigger than myself. And the only thing that can be would be a child. Someone who would help me live even more selflessly.

  Queen Latifah

  Children, Would Be, Needs

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• There are so many things I'd like to do. Like becoming a parent. To me that is the next natural progression in life.

  Queen Latifah

  Parent, Next, Becoming

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• I lost my brother when I was 22. He was only 24. I was always the kind of person to live on the edge, but after that, it made me feel like I could really die. It can really happen. Before then, I never thought it could happen to me or my family.

  Queen Latifah

  Brother, Kind, My Family

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.

  Queen Latifah

  Enjoy Life, Enjoy

  Source: www.craftychica.com

• The more you push the budgets up, the more you make records cost $20, the more you make records last 4 and 5 minutes on the radio.

  Queen Latifah

  Cost, Records, Radio

  "Sweet sounds at the Sugar Water festival". Interview with Erykah Badu, www.today.com. July 18, 2005.

• You can't ask someone who is not making that kind of money to go to the record store and buy an album when someone down the street has the same record with same sound quality for $5.

  Queen Latifah

  Sound Quality, Albums, Records

  "Sweet sounds at the Sugar Water festival". Interview with Terry Wynn II, www.today.com. July 18, 2005.

• You need to give yourself the time to think freely. I don't know if that is political. But sometimes things are political because you observe things that are right or that are wrong and you want to speak on them.

  Queen Latifah

  Thinking, Giving, Political

  "Sweet sounds at the Sugar Water festival". Interview with Erykah Badu, www.today.com. July 18, 2005.

• I feel anger and I feel understanding. It's a difficult position to be in.

  Queen Latifah

  Understanding, Difficult, Feels

  "Sweet sounds at the Sugar Water festival". Interview with Erykah Badu, www.today.com. July 18, 2005.

• Some people observe life naturally and sometimes you just have to let things out and think about it later.

  Queen Latifah

  Thinking, People, Sometimes

  "Sweet sounds at the Sugar Water festival". Interview with Terry Wynn II, www.today.com. July 18, 2005.

• You have to allow your mind to create and then if you want to censor something and bring it down or point it in a different direction, then you can do it.

  Queen Latifah

  Mind, Different, Want

  "Sweet sounds at the Sugar Water festival". Interview with Terry Wynn II, www.today.com. July 18, 2005.

• I am used to being on tours with people who are fantastic performers and I respect them and I love their music. But the bottom line is they got the vision for what we are trying to do.

  Queen Latifah

  People, Vision, Trying

  "Sweet sounds at the Sugar Water festival". Interview with Terry Wynn II, www.today.com. July 18, 2005.

• I'm as involved as I can be. Whenever I'm asked to do something, I always tend to show up.

  Queen Latifah

  Shows, Involved, I Can

  "Joy to the Queen!-Queen Latifah. The "Joyful Noise" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

• So often, you don't get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you're on set.

  Queen Latifah

  Opportunity, Next, Knows

  "Joy to the Queen!-Queen Latifah. The "Joyful Noise" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

• To step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make. What was difficult was the work and the practice that went into becoming good at it, because I hadn't had any training.

  Queen Latifah

  Practice, Training, Acting

  "Joy to the Queen!-Queen Latifah. The "Joyful Noise" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com.