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..".a lot of times, I was flat-out scared. In some ways, I was still a child. The mounting celebrity, the applause, the screams of the fans, and more money than I'd ever dreamed of making-- I didn't know how to handle it. And I had no mentor.... "All I knew to do was stay in motion, stay overwhelmed. No wonder one night in Texas, as I stood on the balcony of my hotel room, high up in the sky, I thought about just ending it-- quitting the business, quitting my life. I was feeling so down, so trapped, but something-- someone's prayer? an angel? some of Great-Gramma Bagby's 'Soul Power'?-- called me back to life." --from Chaka! Through the Fire…mehr

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..".a lot of times, I was flat-out scared. In some ways, I was still a child. The mounting celebrity, the applause, the screams of the fans, and more money than I'd ever dreamed of making-- I didn't know how to handle it. And I had no mentor.... "All I knew to do was stay in motion, stay overwhelmed. No wonder one night in Texas, as I stood on the balcony of my hotel room, high up in the sky, I thought about just ending it-- quitting the business, quitting my life. I was feeling so down, so trapped, but something-- someone's prayer? an angel? some of Great-Gramma Bagby's 'Soul Power'?-- called me back to life." --from Chaka! Through the Fire
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Chaka Khan is one of the foremost vocalists of our time and has won recognition in many music genres. She has received countless awards and has worked with some of music's biggest talents, including Miles Davis, Prince, and Dizzy Gillespie. She currently resides in London and Los Angeles. Tonya Bolden is a magna cum laude baccalaureate of Princeton University. In addition to the many books she has authored, she has also collaborated on Eartha Kitt's Rejuvenate! and contributed text to Diana Ross's Diana Ross: Going Back.