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.
ARETHA FRANKLINMy 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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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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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