Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens, better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American singer whose career has spanned four decades, beginning in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. Widely known as the Queen of Funk, Khan has won ten Grammys and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide. Khan was ranked at number 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. In 2015, she was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth23 March 1953
CityNaval Station, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Chaka Khan quotes about
The bickering and fighting and hating that women do with each other - it's going to kill us as a race of people.
If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison.
I have a lot of charity work I'm into right now, and selling my Chakalates - supporting that whole effort.
I like to work spontaneously.
I can only give what I have. And when I receive, I give it back.
I'm an extremely determined person. I'm very serious about what I do.
There is no perfect love - that's something I'm very realistic about.
But me and my sister knew all the Doris Day and Frank Sinatra songs, too.
Painted faces, sun burnt skin, fixed expressions, smiles worn thin.
It's time for those of us who have a voice to speak out for life, for love and for justice using the same media we've used throughout our careers.
When I was in my twenties, it felt like I was riding wild horses, and I was hoping I didnt go over a cliff.
I've always struggled so much just to appreciate myself.
But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other.
They are in it to make money, period, ... And they are looking at their earnings at the end of a fiscal year. You, on the other hand, are the total opposite of that. You are trying to express yourself, your deepest stuff. The two really don't go together when you think about it.