We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
ARETHA FRANKLINMusic changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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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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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I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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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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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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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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