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Chrisette Michele Biography

Chrisette Michele Payne (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Chrisette Michele, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. She won a Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2009 for her song "Be OK".

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At the end of the day, I think that music lovers are going to love me. I think the pop songs that are on my album will be loved by the pop listeners and the R&B songs will be loved by the R&B people. I think that each song has a broad enough sound that I won't be pigeon holed. At the same time I think it is appealing to many different audiences.

Appealing, Broad, People, Pigeon, Song, Thinking

It doesn't take a year to sing a song. Takes a year for people to figure out how to market it.

Figure, Market, People, Song, Takes, Years

When you're an artist you're speaking about life, you're talking about your experience here on the planet. So essentially, that's what I do when I'm writing songs.

Artist, Life, Song, Writing

God is in control and knowing that at the end of the day what happens - whether I'm comfortable with it or not or afraid of it or not - that God is in control.

Afraid, Comfortable, God Is In Control, Happens, Knowing, The End Of The Day

I have epiphanies all the time, because I'm always thinking. I'm a thinker. I'm always writing poetry, I'm always coming to conclusions.

Epiphanies, Epiphany, Thinker, Thinking, Time, Writing

People ask me a lot of questions and I don't always have the time to stop and talk, but I do a lot of email mentorship with college students. So if I meet a college kid during a motivational speech or something like that I'll stop and say, "I see you need help in this area. Here's my email. Let me help. " So, it's just my way of giving back.

Ask, College, Kids, People, Way

People are mean and hateful, angry - haters everywhere, stupid blogs.

Everywhere, Hateful, Mean, People, Stupid

The truth is an artist like me who doesn't get the type of promotion that we see more commercial artists receive, and especially in this climate of the music business, you have to be creative about how you promote yourself.

Artist, Business, Climate, Creative, Like, Type

Meeting all the wonderful, new people and people appreciating my new music has been a really fun and blessed ride.

Appreciating, Blessed, Fun, People, Ride

When I was in school I used to prank my teachers all the time. But I was really, really nice. I love to make people laugh. And even in those pranks, the teachers would laugh most of the time.

Nice, Prank, School, Teacher, Teachers, Time

My shaven head is my way of saying 'I wont take no for an answer,' it is my way of saying 'I believe in my creativity and artistry.

Answers, Artistry, Believe, Creativity, Saying, Way

I like Bloomingdales, and I like a store called Scoop.

Bloomingdales, Like, Scoop, Store, Stores

Art is love and it covers. It sheilds.

Art, Art Is, Covers, Love, Sheilds

Being scared is normal. My technique for erasing it is facing it. Be afraid and brave. Be nervous and courageous. The first few minutes of being scared is your test to see if you're really serious about reaching a goal. Push through anxiety and come out victorious. Fear is just a test. Honor the feeling. Know it's there. Know it's temporary. Face it to erase it.

Anxiety, Brave, Courageous, Facing, Goal, Scared

I like trendy clothes just like everybody else does.

Clothes, Doe, Like, Trendy

My hair and I had a really bad argument. She was being sprayed with alcohol and burnt with irons. She was being over processed and yanked and pulled by weave strings and suffocated by glue. She told me if I didn't straighten up and fly right that she was leaving.

Alcohol, Bad, Hair, Iron, Processed, Pulled

I used to be so afraid to say what I really think.

Afraid, Say, Think, Thinking, Used, Used To Be

If you want to put out a song that you wrote yesterday tomorrow, go on Twitter, type in a new URL, and give it to the people!

Give, People, Song, Tomorrow, Yesterday

I think everything that happens in life we're prepared for in ways we really don't really know.

Happens, Know, Prepared, Thinking, Way

I'm a recording artist who's traveled around the world so I have different opportunities than other people and people may decide how I should use my opportunities because my opportunities are public whereas I can't decide how people should use their opportunities because their opportunities are private. That's what we're dealing with - people feeling like they should be able to control celebrities.

Artist, Dealing, Opportunity, People, Use

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