I have a lot of written material, and all of it's different. Some records that I have are country, some pop, some alternative rock. I just write what I feel, so I can't specifically say. I just want to be an artist of truth and an artist that stays true to herself.

La'Porsha Renae

I'm proud of my curves, my daughter, as well as the harsh past that helped shape me into the strong woman I am today.

I grew up in Christianity. They preach a lot that you should get married and be a wife and be a virtuous woman and all of that. So I was so eager to do that, and I didn't really take the time I needed to grow into my own. And I ended up running into a really bad situation. I didn't even really date my ex-husband. We just kind of jumped into it.

La'Porsha Renae

Time Age You

A lot of my fans wanted a kind of 'in your face' song. They wanted a song that exemplifies me overcoming the situation I was in and just that triumphant kind of song. So, I felt like I wanted to go ahead and get that out of both of our systems with 'Good Woman'.

La'Porsha Renae

Good Your You

I can't wait to meet Jennifer Hudson, Tamyra Gray, George Huff, Ruben Studdard, and I love me some Clay Aiken.

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Love Wait T

A lot of fans have been requesting that in-your-face song, a sense of feeling empowered. And 'Good Woman' is that: a relatable song celebrating the good woman. I'm also really proud of the third verse, which I wrote.

La'Porsha Renae

Power Good Your

My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.

La'Porsha Renae

Work T See

There was a girl who messaged me and said she was on the verge of taking her life, then 'Battles' came on just in the nick of time.

La'Porsha Renae

Time Life Age

I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.

La'Porsha Renae

Why Where Us

Kelly Clarkson definitely reminds me of Motown. She's pop, but she's also very, very soulful.

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Very Town T

When I first start writing a song, I usually write the title first, then the song, and I'll sing the song in my head and think of a visual of the song. If I can't think of a visual behind the song, I'll throw the song away.

La'Porsha Renae

Art Writing Write

I do what I do to inspire people. They can't be inspired by an ego, a big-headed person. It doesn't work. It doesn't match. And I really want to be that role model for people, for children. I want to be real. To my fans, I want them to view me as a real person. Don't put me on a pedestal. I'm human. I make mistakes, I cry, I hurt - just like you.

La'Porsha Renae

Work You Want

My ex-husband didn't like my singing. He didn't like my hair. He hated my eyes. Everything. Everything he complimented me on when we first met, he just hated.

La'Porsha Renae

Men Yes Very

First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.

La'Porsha Renae

Time Mom Tim

Sometimes when you do interviews, it gets twisted up.

La'Porsha Renae

Time You Views

I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live.

La'Porsha Renae

Life God Use

Everybody is a human being. We should be able to coexist with one another.

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Wit Very T

I have never spoken for anyone but myself.

La'Porsha Renae

T Spoken Self

A lot of people behind the scenes were telling me that I was going to have to do something with my hair, my weight, all of that stuff.

La'Porsha Renae

Wit Were Weight

Labels, boxes, and politically correct terminology all seem small and irrelevant when being compared to the violent and brutal attacks on the lives of people who are different than what society says we should be.

La'Porsha Renae

Society Who Violent

People say a lot of hurtful things, but in a way, the abuse that I endured from my husband prepared me for that. The things I had been told and drilled into my head from him were worse than what anybody could say to me.

La'Porsha Renae

Worse Were Way

A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good.

La'Porsha Renae

I learned that sometimes our struggles are a little bit bigger than us and talking about them and coming through and having the courage to get out of them. I learned how many I touched and inspired through the journey of 'Idol' because I was just singing on the show. I wasn't really being an advocate for anything.

La'Porsha Renae

The reaction that I got from 'Diamonds' I would have expected to get from 'House of the Rising Sun' or one of the other songs.

La'Porsha Renae

Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them in my music, and I put them in my persona and my - they help me form into the artist that I am, so - for people to actually hear that come through the music is exciting.

La'Porsha Renae

My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.

La'Porsha Renae

I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.

La'Porsha Renae

To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.

La'Porsha Renae

I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up with him because I didn't think I was good enough. He wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I wanted to be an entertainer. His life was more planned out, and mine wasn't.

La'Porsha Renae

I have always been a reserved and conservative person.

La'Porsha Renae

I really do think that getting the golden ticket for 'American Idol,' it's just the start of something really great.

La'Porsha Renae

I'm an old spirit, and my voice tends to be kind of heavy and loud. I've been referenced as 'a young Aretha.'

La'Porsha Renae

I would describe my sound as classic Motown.

La'Porsha Renae

I haven't always been confident. I actually suffered with low self-esteem growing up. Eventually, I got to a point where I was just like, 'OK, this is taking too much energy.' After that, I started accepting myself for who I was, and I was like, whoever is not going to accept it, they weren't really meant to be in my life in that way.

La'Porsha Renae

The kind of artist I would like to be is definitely versatile. I don't like being boxed in or put into a genre, so to speak.

La'Porsha Renae

I have a lot of written material, and all of it's different. Some records that I have are country, some pop, some alternative rock. I just write what I feel, so I can't specifically say. I just want to be an artist of truth and an artist that stays true to herself.

La'Porsha Renae

What made 'American Idol' different from 'The Voice' and all these other singing competitions... 'American Idol' just gave regular old normal people like me and like Trent a chance.

La'Porsha Renae

Some people believe they chose homosexuality, and some believe they didn't. Who's to say one is wrong? It's not fair to generalize anyone's sexuality or walk of life.

La'Porsha Renae

We don't have to have the same truths or personal belief systems to love one another and get along.

La'Porsha Renae

Anyone is welcome to hang out with me and have fun or sit down with me and talk. I don't discriminate against anyone. And I don't condone hating someone or treating them badly because they live differently than I do.

La'Porsha Renae

I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to inspire and advocate for others who possessed many of the same insecurities I had.

La'Porsha Renae

I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.

La'Porsha Renae

A lot of people I guess, well, some people change when they get in spotlights and everything, but you can take the girl out of Mississippi, but you can't take Mississippi out the girl!

La'Porsha Renae

When people ask me a personal question, I answer it in a personal way. I can only speak from the footsteps and the shoes that I've walked in.

La'Porsha Renae

This is how I feel about the LGBT community: they are people just like us.

La'Porsha Renae

I found a belief system that worked for me, and I said, you know what, 'I actually do want to give being with men another chance.'

La'Porsha Renae

When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.

La'Porsha Renae

I love 'Battles,' and I love what it's doing for people.

La'Porsha Renae

Although all of us may not agree with that particular lifestyle for religious reasons, whatever the reason is, you still treat each other with respect.

La'Porsha Renae

I am one of the people who don't really agree with that lifestyle. I wasn't brought up that way; it wasn't how I was raised, but I do have a lot of friends and a lot of people that I love dearly who are gay and homosexual, and they're such sweet, nice people.

La'Porsha Renae

I knew being a musician was my calling when I was 12 or 13. I started singing when I was six but didn't actually see myself being a singer when I was 12 or 13.

La'Porsha Renae