Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
ARETHA FRANKLINI’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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Being the Queen is not all about singing and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.
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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war … You have to learn when to let go. And that’s not easy.
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I don’t feel one’s personal medical condition is everybody’s business. It just isn’t something you advertise, and it’s not open to discussion.
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I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it’s sad and smiles when it’s happy. It seems simple to me, but for some people, I guess feelin’ takes courage.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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And I’ve been hurt hurt bad. I might be just twenty-six, but I’m an old woman in disguise twenty-six goin’on sixty-five.
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