Quotes by Roberta Flack

• I have been on diets that were supervised by doctors, that were carefully supervised where I lost weight.
• That's a wonderful thing, because one of the primary qualities of a good performance is honesty.
• As musicians, and as people who sell material for people to hear and absorb, it's important that we use that voice wisely.
• I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I'd worked on and perfected.
• I've been overweight all my life.
• My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today's music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved.
• Once you're successful with a certain kind of music, it's hard not to have faith in it as a means to stay successful.
• Our criteria for deciding what's good and what's bad is very fickle, especially in this country.
• Remember: Always walk in the light. And if you feel like you're not walking in it, go find it. Love the light.
• So see every opportunity as golden, and keep your eyes on the prize - yours, not anybody else's.
• Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas.