Tionne Watkins

“I was told I wouldn't live past 30 or have children.”

“The record business sucks!”

“I don't care about Donald Trump. I mean, God is my president. So I just feel sorry for people it affects, but I don't care about him.”

“I've been through a lot with sickle-cell, but my recovery from the brain tumor was the hardest thing.”

“I want to live. I didn't have time to die.”

“Don't sit there and wallow in woe-is-me stuff that happened in your past. Move forward. Face whatever you're afraid of. Or deal with it.”

“In life, when you lose anyone, there's always an adjustment period - emotionally, mentally and physically.”

“I think timing is everything.”

“You're always in a blessed position if you have a great success story, especially to be in a position to be able to tell it so people can even understand.”

“Everything happens the way it's supposed to because it's just like cavemen - you evolve and grow and learn.”

“The interesting thing about the TLC network is that they were interested in following me, not leading me.”

“I grew up around guys and got along with them better.”

“We were always authentic when it came to our style. From when we started to the height of our fame, we've always been consistent in our look because how we dressed was a result of how we felt. We weren't playing dress-up.”

“Miracles happen every day - I'm one!”

“At the end of the day, I do think there's a higher power, and the way I feel about things and choose to do things has an effect on that outcome.”

“I have learned to smile when I wasn't happy, to sing when I didn't feel like it, and to do things just to please my fans.”

“The TLC sound! That's what's so awesome - we have our own sound.”

“I had to learn a lot about myself during the situation with my brain tumor.”

“Whatever your hustle is, go somewhere with it.”

“I don't know if I want her to sing it with us, but I'm curious to what type of song Taylor Swift would write for us. I'm curious to see what kind of pen she would write for TLC. Or like an Adam Levine. Somebody like that. They're phenomenal writers.”