A biography for Tionne Watkinshasn’t been written yet.
“I guess I have to prove myself all over again, even if it's to the world. I don't have a problem doing that.”
“I'm hoping that somehow with songs like 'American Gold' there will be some kind of justice, and people just stop being so close-minded to where they're like, 'Oh, it's not race.' It's easy to say that when you're not black and you haven't experienced it.”
“I've traveled the world in one of the best groups ever. I'm 42.”
“In life, you have to learn how to heal. You never get over stuff, but you have to learn how to heal.”
“I feel naked without earrings. I'll pass out twice. It feels like I'm missing a body part.”
“TLC always looked up to male bands. We saw guy groups could just go out and get the fans screaming by just standing there - fully clothed and with nothing but their music... We saw them as the competition more than the girl groups, with whom we wanted to stay unified.”
“I'm not ashamed of anything I've done, because if I feel ashamed, I'm not going to do it in the first place.”
“When you Google someone's name, it matters to me what shows up. Not the lies, but like, did you change lives? Did you do something while you were here?”
“I'm never going to put another girl in my group. Never!”
“If you want to live, you have to face your fears.”
“I remember getting flowers and champagne for being one of the first black artists on MTV. That was a big deal.”
“TLC is T-Boz, Lisa, and Chilli. That's it.”
“I want to raise my own baby. I don't want my baby crying for some other strange lady, some nanny. I am not down with that.”
“I got kicked out of four high schools just because people took issue with the colour of my skin. As if I could help the colour I was born.”
“One thing, parents: you need to realize is you've got to stop letting artists raise your kids. You're the parent. Why don't you monitor what your child wears? Ariana Grande didn't sign on to be a role model.”
“I'm not homophobic; I'm just not gay.”
“What I'm proud of, we learned from our lessons.”
“Just because I'm not dancing on a video every five seconds doesn't mean I'm not working.”
“The doctors told me I could never have kids, but God blessed me anyway.”
“When my kid was five and playing with my camcorder. I don't like it. It makes it look fake looking, too much HD. I don't need to see your pores on TV, like why do I see your pores right here? That's not cool.”