I think believing in myself and knowing what I wanted. From day one, when Phil Hollis came to me and said he wanted to make me a superstar, I knew I … - Yvonne Chaka Chaka

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I think believing in myself and knowing what I wanted. From day one, when Phil Hollis came to me and said he wanted to make me a superstar, I knew I wanted to do things my way. And even after 33 years, I still do it my way. I never allowed anybody to take me for granted. I thought, if it's meant to be, it's meant to be: I'm not going to sleep with any man to be a superstar, I'm not going to sell myself cheap, I'm not going to allow anybody to overrun me. If I didn't know things, if there was a contract I wasn't sure about, I took it to a lawyer to explain it to me, but I always made the decision. I've always been this very assertive girl