Politics are not my arena. Music is.
ARETHA FRANKLINI’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you’re doing. If you’re not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.
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I’ve been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey – like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.
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If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody’s supposed to respect you?
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s strengthening.
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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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Let’s start with the church. As you know, it’s my background, it’s a natural setting for me and it’s definitely my roots.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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