Deborah Cox Quotes

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

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• From beginning to end it’s about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters.

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• He doesn’t make it so complicated but just really allows the lyric to come through even though there’s a lot of production going on. I think that’s the key and that’s the magic, it’s making sure that people could still connect with the lyrics while they’re on the dance floor.

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• I always thought that it was every performer’s dream. That’s the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when I’ve had far more experiences.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I think it’s his perception of knowing how to make a record build, keeping the integrity of the song in the music and really adding a lot of musical elements to compliment my voice and to compliment the song.

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• 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.

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

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• I’m at a point where I’m going where the journey leads me. I’ve set goals but I don’t get really hung up if I don’t achieve those goals right away or in my time, you know what I mean?

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• I’ve always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I’m not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience.

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• I’ve done that I was touring a couple of years ago with R. Kelly and the Lillith Fair, I would do the late night underground gigs as well because it’s always around those times that there was a hot song, either on the radio or in the clubs, it would just be simultaneous.

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• It was a dream come true performing with her and just being on the same record. So in my eyes, she was the epitome of a great voice and for us to share together was awesome.

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• People see that I have my own voice, my own opinion, my own likes. The album really reflects that.

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Deborah Cox (32)

Birth:	13th July, 1974
Nationality:	Canadian
Profession:	Actress, Lyricist, Singer

About

Deborah Cox was born in Toronto, Canada. She is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. Her 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" held the record for longest-running number one single on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, a record held for nearly eight years. After middling success, Cox released a non-album single for the soundtrack to the 1997 movie Money Talks, titled "Things Just Ain't The Same". A dance mix of the song with a remix by Hex Hector topped the U.S. dance charts and was included on her second album, 1998's One Wish. Cox's third album The Morning After was released in November 2002 on J Records. She provided vocals for the 2015 Whitney Houston biopic, Whitney, directed by Angela Basset.

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