Quotes from Gayle King


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I majored in psychology, and I still love listening to people's problems.


Sometimes you have to listen to a CD over and over before you really get it, but as soon as I heard the first note of R&B artist Chrisette Michele's debut CD, I was blown away. Her voice is playful but pretty, light but strong - the woman's got soul.


I'll always remember when I bumped into Good Morning America's Robin Roberts on a flight to my mother's funeral in 1994, and how kind she was during that difficult time.


One of the best parts of working at 'O' is that people just love to send us stuff.


And, I believe that one of the most loving things you can do is prepare a meal for someone you love. None of which I know how to do!


I changed my name from Gail to Gayle in seventh grade because I liked to make a loopy 'y.'


I grew up in an all-white community.


I have to admit, if Oprah were a man, I would marry her.


I know that Oprah and I mean a lot to each other... I know at all times I have somebody that I can count on always.


I love a man who loves his mama, which is one of the many reasons I'm crazy about Justin Timberlake.


My first memory of the Rolling Stones is listening to 'Satisfaction' at a sixth-grade slumber party at a friend's house in Ankara, Turkey, where my family was living at the time. In the middle of our sleepover, my friend's dad stopped the record when he heard the words 'girlie action!'


I only tweet if I discover something that's fantastic, or if I heard something really great.


People respond faster to you on a text than an e-mail. Why is that? Why will they ignore an e-mail, but get back to a text?


People think that I don't work, and I fly around in Oprah's private plane doing whatever I want.


We're all spending way too much of our time and energy trying to fight the stuff we can't change.


When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets at the box office - even if I can't stay for the movie.


No show can be 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' including 'The Gayle King Show.' I think she's very good but I think I'm very good too. I think we have different skill sets... but I don't think that I could do what she does and never have.


So people ask, 'But how can you work for a friend?' I say it's because I know that the magazine is called 'O.' The bottom line is somebody has to have the final word. Oprah's not right all the time, but her record is pretty damn good. That's not to say you can't disagree.


There's a science to ordering potatoes. Are they skinny shoestring or big, fat steak fries? You just have to let your taste buds guide you when deciding what to eat.


When I found out I was going to be on CBS every morning, my first phone call was to Jenny Craig. Ten days later, I'd lost nine pounds. Now I even take the plan's popcorn with me to the movies.