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 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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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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 sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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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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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 saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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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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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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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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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 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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