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 Andre Rison“That was my heart. We’re going to let her fly with wings like angels do. She’s truly and definitely an angel.” |  T-Boz“No one teaches you how to grieve, but I don’t feel like I ever got to grieve properly. … With Lisa, I had to live it out with the world, which I wasn’t ready for. Everywhere I went I saw birth and death numbers. I didn’t know how to take people smiling at me the next day, [saying], ‘I can rap’ … ‘If you’re looking for someone...’ I’m like, ‘Huh? I don’t feel right about this,‘ I was depressed for about two years. That was my creative partner. She was family." |
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 Chilli"She is always part of our daily life. We are TLC and we will never forget that. She was our sister." |  Jermaine Dupri"She was determined to be something in life. She was a true rock star. She didn't care about no press. She was the rock star out of the group. She was the one that would curse on TV. She had the tattoos. You could expect the unexpected. When you see Lisa, you could expect something from her. That's the gift she carried." |
 Treach (Naughty By Nature)"Lisa Lopes, she was a fun-loving kid, loving to be different. She was the thug out of the group. 'Let's go hang out. Let's go all night long.' Her attitude was that wild side, whether she was making records or working in Burger King. She was the outlaw of the clique. The one that would be the center of attention in the news. She was looking at it like, 'Why don't people understand why I'm doing this?'" |  Lil' Kim"I first got to know Left Eye when we reached out to her to do the 'Ladies' Night' remix," and before the record took place, she called me on the phone and I was really excited, like, 'I'm really getting ready to do a record with her.' After the video, we got really close". |
 L.A. Reid“Lisa was not only a gifted and talented musical inspiration, but more importantly she was like a daughter to me.” |  Gwen Stefani“We’re all really sad to hear that she was in the accident. We’re sending our love.” |
 P!nk“I was honored to be a label mate with the lovely Left Eye and I am sad that I will never be able to talk to her again. My prayers are with the surviving members of TLC and those close to her.” |  BabyfaceI am shocked, hurt and deeply saddened by the untimely death of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. She was extremely talented and creative and I enjoyed working with her over the years … memories which I will always hold dear to my heart. Lisa’s death will definitely leave a huge void in the music industry. I send my love and sympathy to her family. Lisa was my friend, and I will miss her. |
 Christina Aguilera“I am deeply saddened by the loss of Lisa Lopes. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends.” |  Pebbles“My heart is broken at the loss of Lisa Lopes. I was shocked and deeply saddened when I heard the tragic news. During the years we spent together, Lisa truly became like a daughter to me. When I look back on the differences we had concerning business matters, they seem so insignificant at a time like this. She had an amazing talent, a compassionate heart, and will be greatly missed. I will always love her. " |
 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (NASCAR Driver)“We’re honoring her success and things she’s been able to do in her life. And we’re also honoring her family. We’re kind of trying to be behind them in their time in honoring their privacy and hopefully get the message across that that kind of stuff is ridiculous. My sister and I listened to them growing up through high school,” he said. “It’s amazing when you wake up one day and hear news like that. You just can’t believe that, just like that, somebody can be gone.” |  David Bowie“She was a lovely, witty, feisty woman and it’s a great loss to the music world.” |
 Dallas Austin"[It was] like a ton of bricks fell on you. All of us have been family for so long. All us have been through every up and down you can go through." |  Beyoncé"I’ll never forget Lisa coming into our dressing room and welcoming us. She was so professional and nice and warm and humble. A lot of people don’t know that side of her, but that’s how I remember her. She made cards and gave them to everybody on the tour. People just don’t do that. I remember she used to play Beethoven. She was so creative, into so many things, I was very impressed by her." |
 *NSYNC"We are saddened today, and we have suffered a true loss to our industry. Lisa was a wonderful person who always brought high energy and a great vibe when she walked into a room. It was a pleasure and a lot of fun to work with her. She will be truly missed." |  Justin Timberlake“She had a passion for what she did. She loved to work and she loved to make music.” |
 JC Chasez“She had high energy and a lust for life. She was always energetic.” |  Craig SeymourJournalist for Honey Magazine "[She is] one of the most interesting and perplexing figures in contemporary black music." |
 Tweet“I was totally in shock the whole morning because it takes me back to Aaliyah. (Lopes) was one a kind, she definitely had her own style, way of dressing and rapping, the way she was one of a kind.” |  Mýa“She was real." "I met her twice in my life. Once at the studio when I was working on the first album, then at a club party in 1999 or 2000." |
 Usher“Lisa was the kind of person that had a heart as big as Texas. My heart goes out to all the fans. My heart goes out to the family,” |  Trevor Nelson“Lisa was part of the most amazing girl group of the ’90s. They were a credible crossover band that paved the way for most female groups that followed. She was the ‘crazy’ in Crazy Sexy Cool and I had the privilege of presenting the MOBO’s with her a couple of years ago which was great fun. Waterfalls will forever be an R&B classic.” |
 Joe“I’ve met her a few times and you know it’s such a loss. Such a great loss. I mean she was the type of person you always looked at and put on that certain level because she always spoke her mind and she spoke from the heart and there’s not a lot of people out there that really have that. There are kind of yes people and yes man and she gave you what she really felt… she’s going to be greatly missed” |  Mandy Moore“I am deeply saddened to have heard the news this morning. Like everyone has said, I kinda grew up [to] their music. It is terribly tragic. My prayers are with her family and friends.” |
 Kanya King (MOBO Awards founder)“Unfortunately, her press coverage was not about her fantastic musical ability and the inspiration to many people, but that is how we will remember her. She was a gifted, talented artist with a colorful style and personality that will be remembered forever.” |  Rockwilder (producer of "Hot!")"I guess she would want to be remembered as just being her. She was an angel. She was always teaching us. I was in the studio. Redman's 2way went off and it said, 'Left Eye just got killed.' We didn't want to believe it. ... As soon as we found that out, the whole thing stopped. We threw it up for her. Got some drinks. All night I was thinking, like, 'Wow, she's gone.' |
 Suge Knight"What I liked most about her was that she was a rebel. She wasn't afraid to go against the grain. " |  Jimmy Jam of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis"It leaves a big void in particular, with [TLC]," producer Jimmy Jam said of her death (see "Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes Killed In Car Accident"). "Every piece of that group was an important part of it. The thing I'm going to miss overall about her is her spirit. She embodied everything that was great about the music business, which is self-expression and rebellion. Not doing what people wanted you to do because it was the right thing to do politically. Her whole attitude is going to be missed." |
The Eye is Sacred
A memorial area with words shared from people who met, knew, and love Lisa.
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