Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.
ARETHA FRANKLINI love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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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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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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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 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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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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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.
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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
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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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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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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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