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.
ARETHA FRANKLINMusic changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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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 donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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