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"Jada Pinkett Smith has said that she doesn&amp;#039;t regret giving up her dream of being a rock star to raise her family. The actress&amp;#039;s heavy metal band Wicked Wisdom are currently on an indefinite hiatus since the success of the acting and music careers of her children Jaden and Willow Smith. &amp;quot;I had to make choices,&amp;quot; Pinkett Smith told Redbook magazine. &amp;quot;Believe me, I would still be on the road with my band Wicked Wisdom, and making as many movies as I can a year, and doing all sorts of other things if I didn&amp;#039;t have the responsibility of a family. &amp;quot;But I have children with their own talents and dreams, and I know I have to be standing next to them for that journey.&amp;quot; Despite now being happy with her choice to put Jaden and Willow first, Pinkett Smith admitted that it was still painful at the time. &amp;quot;It was excruciating. When Jaden was auditioning for The Pursuit of Happyness, my band had just gotten an offer to open for Guns N&amp;#039; Roses in Europe,&amp;quot; she recalled. &amp;quot;But the choice was I would be a rock star or I could be on the set with my son to make sure he was healthy and happy. We all know how that story ended!&amp;quot; Pinkett Smith recently insisted that her offspring have a relatively normal childhood despite their status as child celebrities. Watch the video for Will Smith&amp;#039;s 2002 single &amp;#039;1000 Kisses&amp;#039; featuring Jada Pinkett Smith below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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