La'Porsha Renae

A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good.

— La'Porsha Renae

Kelly Clarkson definitely reminds me of Motown. She's pop, but she's also very, very soulful.

— La'Porsha Renae

What made 'American Idol' different from 'The Voice' and all these other singing competitions... 'American Idol' just gave regular old normal people…

— La'Porsha Renae

I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up…

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I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value.…

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I love 'Battles,' and I love what it's doing for people.

— La'Porsha Renae

First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.

— La'Porsha Renae

Everybody is a human being. We should be able to coexist with one another.

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I grew up in Christianity. They preach a lot that you should get married and be a wife and be a virtuous…

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I found a belief system that worked for me, and I said, you know what, 'I actually do want to give being…

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Anyone is welcome to hang out with me and have fun or sit down with me and talk. I don't discriminate against…

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I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from -…

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My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.

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I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the…

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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…

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I learned that sometimes our struggles are a little bit bigger than us and talking about them and coming through and having…

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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.

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I have always been a reserved and conservative person.

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When I saw how people would react and be touched by my voice, this was the moment I thought maybe there's something…

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Now I'm going to show a side of me I haven't shown before. I'm going to be fierce.

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A lot of my fans wanted a kind of 'in your face' song. They wanted a song that exemplifies me overcoming the…

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I knew being a musician was my calling when I was 12 or 13. I started singing when I was six but…

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A lot of people behind the scenes were telling me that I was going to have to do something with my hair,…

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I'm an old spirit, and my voice tends to be kind of heavy and loud. I've been referenced as 'a young Aretha.'

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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's…

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