I was privileged to know the late, great Miss Etta James, and I did get a chance to spend some time with her and hang out with her. Jennifer Holliday chanceettagreat Change image and share on social
I am, you know, really fighting for myself and my life. And I think the message that I could give to anybody is that it's never too late to start your life again and dream new dreams. Jennifer Holliday dreamfightgive Change image and share on social
I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression as one of its side effects. Jennifer Holliday battlecontinuallyday Change image and share on social
I had ballooned out to close to 400 pounds at one point. And in the '80s, we were just beginning to get on video and disco. So therefore, I did not fit in, and my record company let me go because they said, 'Look, you're just not marketable enough with the weight problem.' Jennifer Holliday 80sballoonbegin share on social
A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don't see a big picture for our lives. We don't love ourselves. We don't have a way of kind of gauging the future. Jennifer Holliday basebigcircumstance Change image and share on social
The biggest thing I've had to overcome was clinical depression. Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have once you can get control of your mind... I had to stop hearing the negative voices where Jennifer was not worthy of love or living. Jennifer Holliday bigclinicalcontrol share on social
The music industry is a very rough industry. Many years ago, I think it was even rougher in the sense that a lot of it was predicated on image. Jennifer Holliday agoimageindustry Change image and share on social
