Deborah Cox

“The club shows are really intense and powerful, but for a shorter time, and the audiences are in close proximity than when I'm performing at The Palace Theatre.”

“I never take on anything that is just for the money or just for, you know. I always have to connect with it in a very personal way because I believe the audience will sense whether I'm into it or not, so I don't take on projects that I'm not really passionate about.”

“I had this instinct and I just knew it. It was a very strange thing and as soon as I finished recording it, we were all in the studio saying we have something really special here.”

“It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these great performers have been. The clubs are way more underground.”

“The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it.”

“When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song when I first heard it and it just moved me.”

“I really connect with those moments of doing missionary work down there and just seeing the people that are dying from disease and hunger and malnutrition.”

“They've got the singles and some people have burnt them from different web sites and stuff. So it was something that we talked about for a long, long time, and I just wanted to make sure that this remix album to be really special.”

“I picked up the Joss Stone album, Josh Groban, and the new Norah Jones. I love, love, love Norah.”

“Both songs are really, really intense when it comes to performing them, and very draining at the same time.”

“I've tried that love thing for the last time. My heart says no, no! Nobody's supposed to be here, but you came along and changed my mind”

“I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression.”

“I really think about the times that I've been through with my husband and all the stuff that we've been through together, and I think to those moments for inspiration for the role.”

“I think the inspiration came from the fans. Whenever I'm online or whenever I get a chance to really communicate with the fans and the audience, they always say that they would love to have all of the remixes on one CD.”

“I wanted to do Dreamgirls. If they're doing a stage production of Sparkle, I think that would be hot.”

“I have two favorite songs. My first is called 'Dance of The Robe' and it's a very powerful number where she is feeling the pressure from her people to take on the responsibility of leading them.”