Dana Elaine Owens, known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actress, and producer. She released her debut album All Hail the Queen on November 28, 1989, featuring the hit single Ladies First. She created the daytime talk show The Queen Latifah Show, which ran from late 2013 to early 2015 on CBS. She has appeared in a number of films, and gained mainstream success and critical acclaim for her performance.
She has long been considered one of hip-hop’s pioneer feminists. Queen Latifah received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006. Latifah’s work in music, film and television has earned her a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, an Academy Award nomination and sales of over two million records.
Some of the best quotes from Queen Latifah are listed below.
- “A confident woman is sexy in my opinion.” – Queen Latifah
- “Always follow your own path.” – Queen Latifah
- “Anyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.” – Queen Latifah
- “Be bold. Be brave enough to be your true self.” – Queen Latifah
- “Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun.” – Queen Latifah
- “Dreams become a reality when we put our minds to it.” – Queen Latifah
- “Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.” – Queen Latifah
- “From the time I really accepted myself, everything got brighter. People were attracted to me for me.” – Queen Latifah
- “I am me. I don’t have a choice.” – Queen Latifah
- “I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.” – Queen Latifah
- “I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.” – Queen Latifah
- “I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It’s tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time.” – Queen Latifah
- “I enjoy just being me.” – Queen Latifah
- “I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally, it occurred to me, I’m either going to love me or hate me, and I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there.” – Queen Latifah
- “I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.” – Queen Latifah
- “I love a challenge. Trying things that scare the hell out of me and pushing past that fear, doing it anyway – that gives me a thrill.” – Queen Latifah
- “I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences. I’m human, not perfect, like anybody else.” – Queen Latifah
- “I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was a female.” – Queen Latifah
- “If you try to follow everyone else’s mold, you’ll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason” – Queen Latifah
- “Instinct leads me to another flow.” – Queen Latifah
- “It’s not always easy to do the right thing. But doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character.” – Queen Latifah
- “It’s very important to give back as a youth.” – Queen Latifah
- “Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.” – Queen Latifah
- “Life’s not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.” – Queen Latifah
- “Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way.” – Queen Latifah
- “Pursue your passions by diving in headfirst.” – Queen Latifah
- “Sometimes you do have to bank on yourself. You do have to believe in your ideas enough to really get out there and fight for it despite what people think of some young kids from the hood.” – Queen Latifah
- “Surround yourself with positive people.” – Queen Latifah
- “The reality is, I like imperfection. You take away from the world when you’re not yourself. Whatever is unique and special about you was designed by God. And when you try to be someone else, we don’t get you. Who knows what you would have contributed to the world had you just been yourself, if you had just celebrated who you are and just walked boldly?” – Queen Latifah
- “There are a lot of people who helped make me who I am today.” – Queen Latifah
- “There is no profession more essential than that of an educator.” – Queen Latifah
- “We’re capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to believe.” – Queen Latifah
- “When you invest in people and you watch the joy that you can bring to someone it makes what we do rewarding.” – Queen Latifah
- “You can’t let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail but guess what: you get up and try again. Feel the pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.” – Queen Latifah
- “You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.” – Queen Latifah
