Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
ARETHA FRANKLINI 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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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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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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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 love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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