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Anita Baker

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

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Donna Grant

"I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit."

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Donna Grant

"Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause."

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Donna Grant

"What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it."

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Donna Grant

"Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys."

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Donna Grant

"To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still."

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Donna Grant

"When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause."

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Donna Grant

"For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful."

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Donna Grant

"I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I'm about to get."

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

"Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward."

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Anita Baker
"We don't do drugs, drink or use profanity. Instead we instill morals and values in my boys by raising them with a love of God and a love and respect for themselves and all people. I believe they will have a chance."

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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."

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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 me, particularly given my medical history."

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

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Anita Baker
"I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum."

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

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Anita Baker
"You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family."

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Anita Baker
"Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, if you have that, but learn to love what you have."

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