8 Quotes & Sayings By Anita Baker

Anita Baker is the recipient of two Grammy Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, eight American Music Awards, and four American Theatre Wing Award nominations. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Baker has sold more than 30 million records worldwide. She is a social activist who uses her platform to advocate for civil rights, education reform, health care, helping the homeless, and women's empowerment Read more

Anita Baker currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Recording Academy.

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I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead. Anita Baker
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You leave home to seek your fortune and when you get it you go home and share it with your family. Anita Baker
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Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful if you have that but learn to love what you have. Anita Baker
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I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress. Anita Baker
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Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history. Anita Baker
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You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. Anita Baker
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If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV. Anita Baker