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.
ARETHA FRANKLINI saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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 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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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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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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 love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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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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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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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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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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