Oleta Quotes

#1. Learn your craft well. Take care of your own business. Success (popularity) is fleeting for most, but longevity lies in a quality craft with integrity. Oh, and don't take yourself too seriously.

Oleta Adams

#2. There is one path in the world that none can walk but you. Where does it lead? Don't ask, walk!

Friedrich Nietzsche

#3. From the church I received a spiritual foundation that has kept me balanced. From the gospel music I learned the importance of singing with emotion- authentic emotion- not contrived- which has made my music endearing.

Oleta Adams

#4. As a nation we've been faced with so many tragedies since the beginning of this Millennium and I believe we have even more reason to pray. Many people don't feel capable in that area and I wanted to create music that helped them find the words that could bring peace.

Oleta Adams

#5. But if you keep focusing on why you have it so bad, you'll never realize how you could have it so good.

David Levithan

#6. I never grew up thinking I wanted to be a quote-unquote star or anything. My thing was just feeling blessed to be able to make my living acting.

Ving Rhames

#7. If there's something more awaiting me in the future, I'd rather leave it up to God since what He creates is far better than my imagination.

Oleta Adams

#8. It was all I could do not to fall on my knees and weep like the bastard she always said I was, and I was a breath away from begging her to run away with me.

Tiffanie DeBartolo

#9. I've been fortunate to live a very full professional life. Most of it has happened through God's graciousness and not from something I've imagined.

Oleta Adams

#10. I'm so honored to have been a part of something so meaningful that helped to keep so many families and loved ones connected.

Oleta Adams

#11. What we can say for sure is that, at the very least, God calls every Christian to live with a missionary heart.

David Sills

#12. I enjoyed all of the tours and learned something from everyone.

Oleta Adams

#13. When I look at my audience, I can tell better who's in the crowd and the kind of joke I shouldn't do. It's just complicated. I guess I sift through to make sure these jokes are a little different with not such a harsh edge to them. That's pretty much how I handle the crowd.

Larry The Cable Guy

#14. I will never forget Oprah's [Winfrey] major contribution to my success by having me perform on her show (March '91) and introducing me as, "the voice that brought her out of the shower!"

Oleta Adams

#15. I've recorded songs that are prayers in different styles, not just in the traditional gospel style that can help and comfort them. It's the words that matter most.

Oleta Adams

#16. Praying is simple. Use the words that you know. You don't have to be eloquent, just sincere and reverent.

Oleta Adams

#17. There has to be solidarity among the artists, songwriters and all the creative forces within that circle in order for the necessary changes to take place and for each person to get what is rightfully due.

Oleta Adams

#18. I've written and passed laws to give Medicare beneficiaries access to life saving cancer drugs and to ensure that seniors don't have to give up the prospect of a cure when they go into hospice care.

Ron Wyden