"As you get older, though, you realize there are fire extinguishers. You do have an ability to control the flames." - Chaka Khan
"Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more." - Chaka Khan
"But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other." - Chaka Khan
"Everyone in my family sang, and we would always sing these songs." - Chaka Khan
"Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me." - Chaka Khan
"I grew up on Peggy Lee, Lita, Sarah, Ella - all these people!" - Chaka Khan
"I have a lot of charity work I'm into right now, and selling my Chakalates - supporting that whole effort." - Chaka Khan
"I like to work spontaneously." - Chaka Khan
"I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do." - Chaka Khan
"I love tuba and bass-horns." - Chaka Khan
"I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do." - Chaka Khan
"I remember seeing the movie To Sir With Love when I was a little girl." - Chaka Khan
"I think the whole reason for my life is in there somewhere." - Chaka Khan
"I'd been in a vicious cycle and circle of people and couldn't see my way out. So I picked myself up one day about 15 years ago and moved where I didn't know anyone." - Chaka Khan
"I'd like to work on putting art programs back in schools." - Chaka Khan
"I've always struggled so much just to appreciate myself." - Chaka Khan
"I've been collaborating with Ira Schickman on some songs, and there will be many other, great musicians involved." - Chaka Khan
"If I love a song, I make it mine." - Chaka Khan
"If we could just see how related we all are, how we're really all in the same place." - Chaka Khan
"In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time." - Chaka Khan
"My mom took me to see Goldfinger. My mom took me to see To Sir, With Love." - Chaka Khan
"My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt." - Chaka Khan
"One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out." - Chaka Khan
"The bickering and fighting and hating that women do with each other - it's going to kill us as a race of people." - Chaka Khan
"There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to." - Chaka Khan
"To me, this degree was an acknowledgment of my work in music." - Chaka Khan
"Walking through this life really is walking through fire." - Chaka Khan
"Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying." - Chaka Khan
"When I was in my twenties, it felt like I was riding wild horses, and I was hoping I didn't go over a cliff." - Chaka Khan
"You know, it's just tough to get together and do work with somebody." - Chaka Khan
