I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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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I’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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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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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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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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Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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