La'Porsha Renae

“A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good.”

“Everybody is a human being. We should be able to coexist with one another.”

“Sometimes when you do interviews, it gets twisted up.”

“Although all of us may not agree with that particular lifestyle for religious reasons, whatever the reason is, you still treat each other with respect.”

“We don't have to have the same truths or personal belief systems to love one another and get along.”

“A lot of fans have been requesting that in-your-face song, a sense of feeling empowered. And 'Good Woman' is that: a relatable song celebrating the good woman. I'm also really proud of the third verse, which I wrote.”

“When people ask me a personal question, I answer it in a personal way. I can only speak from the footsteps and the shoes that I've walked in.”

“I am one of the people who don't really agree with that lifestyle. I wasn't brought up that way; it wasn't how I was raised, but I do have a lot of friends and a lot of people that I love dearly who are gay and homosexual, and they're such sweet, nice people.”

“This is how I feel about the LGBT community: they are people just like us.”

“I want to bring that old soul back, the meaningful lyrics and all of that. And I can't think of a better way to do that than through Motown.”

“My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.”

“I grew up in Christianity. They preach a lot that you should get married and be a wife and be a virtuous woman and all of that. So I was so eager to do that, and I didn't really take the time I needed to grow into my own. And I ended up running into a really bad situation. I didn't even really date my ex-husband. We just kind of jumped into it.”

“Now I'm going to show a side of me I haven't shown before. I'm going to be fierce.”

“When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.”

“When I first start writing a song, I usually write the title first, then the song, and I'll sing the song in my head and think of a visual of the song. If I can't think of a visual behind the song, I'll throw the song away.”

“Some people believe they chose homosexuality, and some believe they didn't. Who's to say one is wrong? It's not fair to generalize anyone's sexuality or walk of life.”

“I have always been a reserved and conservative person.”

“Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them in my music, and I put them in my persona and my - they help me form into the artist that I am, so - for people to actually hear that come through the music is exciting.”

“I would describe my sound as classic Motown.”

“I learned that sometimes our struggles are a little bit bigger than us and talking about them and coming through and having the courage to get out of them. I learned how many I touched and inspired through the journey of 'Idol' because I was just singing on the show. I wasn't really being an advocate for anything.”