Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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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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People really don’t have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don’t let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.
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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I’m using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I’m happy with that.
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My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I’m gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone.
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I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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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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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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If a song’s about something I’ve experienced or that could’ve happened to me it’s good. But if it’s alien to me, I couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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