Usher Quotes

#1. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.

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#2. For a woman to be able to dominate and also be feminine and soft, that's a talent. And its not all about appearance. A woman who has a brain, who is street-smart and book-smart, that woman is very, very sexy to me.

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#3. I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.

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#4. My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.

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#5. Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.

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#6. It isn't hard to be in a relationship because I've always loved to be in a relationship, and I love to be in love.

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#7. Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else.

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#8. If you don't EVOLVE, you dissolve. You evolve or you evaporate.

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#9. Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.

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#10. Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.

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#11. I think anybody, not just children, is a product of a great environment. If you put them in a better environment from a sad situation, nine times out of 10, they'll go in the right direction.

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#12. Success is measured by personal happiness.

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#13. Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

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#14. If somebody steps on your shoes and ruins them, don't freak out.. get a new pair of shoes. If you miss something, don't freak out.. there's nothing you can do to change it.. just move on

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#15. I'd like to do something with Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Tim McGraw, Justin Timberlake, and Gwen Stefani.

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#16. I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey.

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#17. I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean.

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#18. [I'm] a sponge, the more I absorb, the more I am able to articulate my vision, as artists do, like Picasso. I'm an artist in that light. I went from being an artist to an artiste.

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#19. I can win those four-chair turns all day.

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#20. You know, I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date.

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#21. I wouldn't call myself a coward, no way. But being buried alive is something I could never handle. The only way you'd see me being buried alive is if I was dead, man.

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#22. I tried football and got my ass beat. I tried baseball, and the ball knocked out one of my teeth.

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#23. The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.

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#24. I want England to understand - the rest of the world to understand - what is going on in America. And I want America to understand what is going on in the rest of the world.

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#25. I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy.

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#26. The hardest thing I think I've ever had to do to tell you, the woman I love, that I'm having a baby by a woman that I barely know.

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#27. Giving a child an education is by far one of the most important investments we can make.

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#28. I have this bodyguard so if I get tired of signing Autographs I ask him to step in. It's hard because people get angry at you, but I've got a life to live too.

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#29. There's always that one person, That will always have your heart. That one person for me is you.

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#30. In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.

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#31. I guess I had it made. My mother gave me advice - she taught me that women like to be looked in the eye - and my grandmother gave me condoms.

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#32. I'm so sad to hear the horrible news of Amy Winehouse's death. I'm so happy I knew you Amy ... Rest Well. Gone Too Soon ... we'll miss you!!

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#33. You are my superstar. I'm your number one fan, give me your autograph, sign it right here on my heart. Girl, I'll be your groupie, baby.

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#34. Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.

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#35. It's a mission for me to make sure that philanthropy doesn't feel like a vintage hand-me-down from mom or dad. I want people to feel compelled to do something positive because they just love it, they're excited about it, and it's cool.

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#36. I like a woman who takes care of herself - it says something about the way she'll care for me.

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#37. Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life. If you're with an individual who isn't moving in the same direction and at the same rate that you are, it ain't going to work.

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#38. You either evolve or dissolve.

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#39. The more youth begin to recognize that they have a voice, the more change is possible.

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#40. How do I define who Usher is? I'm still doing it - every day, every new opportunity, every stage, every interview, every other thing that I've done, every time that I've invested in anything that is all the definition of who I am.

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#41. The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.

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#42. Live performance has always been my thing. It's my purpose to master and capture the moment every time I have you connected.

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#43. I think it's important for us to believe in one another's capabilities. If I didn't have someone to believe in me, I wouldn't be the individual I am today. Neither would I strive for new territory or new direction or to believe in myself.

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#44. Down time is not the name of the game.

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#45. You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.

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#46. You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.

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#47. I met BSB at a benefit gig we were both doing, and they are really humble, nice guys - and very hard working

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#48. The unique essence of being an artist is dying. Eveything looks the same. Now there's a formula. And it works. - But it takes away from the reason we do it.

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#49. It can never be bad to have a foundation as a man - a black man. - in a time when women are dying for men. Women have started to become lovers of each other as a result of not having enough men.

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#50. We all possess exactly what we need to be our greatest selves ...

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#51. The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.

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#52. I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

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