I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
ARETHA FRANKLINSoul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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 saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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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 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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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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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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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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