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 FRANKLINPolitics are not my arena. Music is.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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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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People really don’t have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don’t let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.
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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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