I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
ARETHA FRANKLINI 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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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 donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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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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 saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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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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I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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