Anita Baker
Anita Baker
Anita Denise Baker is an American singer-songwriter. Starting her career in the late 1970s with the funk band Chapter 8, Baker eventually released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983. In 1986, she rose to stardom following the release of her platinum-selling second album, Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single "Sweet Love". To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards and has five platinum albums and one gold album to her credit. Baker's vocal range is contralto...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth26 January 1958
CityToledo, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, if you have that, but learn to love what you have.
Oh my goodness, they are rocking so many variations of my high-top fade. I mean, Rihanna has taken it to a very angular 21st Century thing. Miss Fantasia has it in a very seductive, you know, up-flip, and it's just lovely, right? Oh, I think it's wonderful.
Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily.
I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress.
Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do.
If you have your own agenda and your own style and you don't easily conform to what the masses are doing, you're looked upon as being difficult. Whereas, I think of it as just being an individual.
Most artists are notoriously insecure, and I fall into that category.
I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.
I'm used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing and the daughter thing.
I'm in love, sweet love. Feel me calling out your name, I feel no shame.
Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, but learn to love what you have.
As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.
When you're away for a long time, tastes change, fans move on. You hate to think about it, but it's an ugly fact of life.
I think there's no sacrifice too great for family, whether it's career, singing, whatever.