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.
ARETHA FRANKLINNow, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you’re doing. If you’re not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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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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If a song’s about something I’ve experienced or that could’ve happened to me it’s good. But if it’s alien to me, I couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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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’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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