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.
ARETHA FRANKLINWe all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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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 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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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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