Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them in my music, and I put them in my persona and my - they help me form into… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good. — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
Kelly Clarkson definitely reminds me of Motown. She's pop, but she's also very, very soulful. — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
What made 'American Idol' different from 'The Voice' and all these other singing competitions... 'American Idol' just gave regular old normal people like me… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up with him… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value. Hopefully, with… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six. — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
Everybody is a human being. We should be able to coexist with one another. — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
I grew up in Christianity. They preach a lot that you should get married and be a wife and be a virtuous woman and… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
I found a belief system that worked for me, and I said, you know what, 'I actually do want to give being with men… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
Anyone is welcome to hang out with me and have fun or sit down with me and talk. I don't discriminate against anyone. And… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
I am one of the people who don't really agree with that lifestyle. I wasn't brought up that way; it wasn't how I was… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
