21st century Quote by Anita Baker

I need my career. That's what validates me.

— Anita Baker

I dont think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.

— Anita Baker

My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do…

— Anita Baker

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…

— Anita Baker

I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother,…

— Anita Baker

It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn't…

— Anita Baker

I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

— Anita Baker

I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

— Anita Baker

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…

— Anita Baker

Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily.

— Anita Baker

I don't even have voice mail, and people get all out of shape about that. But, you know what, I don't want to transcribe…

— Anita Baker

I'm used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing…

— Anita Baker