I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
ARETHA FRANKLINPolitics are not my arena. Music is.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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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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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’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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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’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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