Aaliyah Quotes

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Playing off of people that great was great for me.

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I breathe to perform, to entertain, I can't imagine myself doing anything else. I'm just a really happy girl right now. I honestly love every aspect of this business. I really do. I feel very fulfilled and complete.

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There's a dark side to me that comes out in everything I do.

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When I went to shoot the film I was very nervous. I kept telling myself, "This is it. This is what you've wanted, this is the real deal. Now you've gotta do your thing. You've gotta put all of you in this and hopefully they'll like you." And for people to say it's impressive and "You're so natural", I mean, it's the best feeling in the world. I feel like hard work, you know, payed off.

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I have black-out shades in my apartment, I push a button, it's totally dark. I think I'm a bit of a vampire in real life, and there are times when I just want to be myself. I wanna be alone.

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I knew at a very young age this was what I wanted to do. I started singing at six so I knew by the time I was eight.

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It is dark in my favorite dream. Someone is following me. I don't know why. I'm scared. Then suddenly I lift off. Far away. How do I feel? As if I am swimming in the air. Free. Weightless. Nobody can reach me. Nobody can touch me. It's a wonderful feeling.

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I have a few childhood nicknames. One is "Babygirl". My father gave that to me when I was born. He said, "I have a beautiful baby girl" and that one stuck with me. A lot of people still call me "Babygirl".

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I was actually just blessed to be surrounded by so many wonderful veterans and people that I had great chemistry with and that were just open to me.

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It was a painful time for me and my family. That's why I'm proud to say I'm a strong person. I'm a survivor and I can handle anything. I'm very confident about that. I come from a very strong family and they are always there to protect me. If I need any help I'll just call on my mummy or daddy or my brother to whom I'm very close.

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When people ask me, I tell them, "Hey don't believe all that mess. We're close and people took it the wrong way."

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I love baths. Absolutely love baths. I like to just draw a nice warm bath with a lot of bubbles, get a few sweets, maybe put them by the bath, put on really good music and chill.

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I waited for the right project for the right time and it just came together.

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I love Eddie Murphy so I wanted to do a song on the soundtrack.

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Don't like motorbikes. Don't like them, I've been on a few, even in a few videos and they scare me. They scare the hell out of me and you know in videos, course I've got "the cool face on" and cool breezing it, tough, glasses, but underneath I'm screaming.

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