Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more.
Chaka Khan

But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other.
Chaka Khan

Everyone in my family sang, and we would always sing these songs.
Chaka Khan

Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me.
Chaka Khan

I like to work spontaneously.
Chaka Khan

I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do.
Chaka Khan

I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do.
Chaka Khan

I remember seeing the movie 'To Sir With Love' when I was a little girl.
Chaka Khan

I think the whole reason for my life is in there somewhere.
Chaka Khan

I'd been in a vicious cycle and circle of people and couldn't see my way out. So I picked myself up one day about 15 years ago and moved where I didn't know anyone.
Chaka Khan


I'd like to work on putting art programs back in schools.
Chaka Khan

I've always struggled so much just to appreciate myself.
Chaka Khan

If I love a song, I make it mine.
Chaka Khan

In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time.
Chaka Khan

My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt.
Chaka Khan

One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out.
Chaka Khan

There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to.
Chaka Khan

To me, this degree was an acknowledgment of my work in music.
Chaka Khan

Walking through this life really is walking through fire.
Chaka Khan

Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.
Chaka Khan