I don’t feel one’s personal medical condition is everybody’s business. It just isn’t something you advertise, and it’s not open to discussion.
ARETHA FRANKLINThe man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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 sing to the realists; people who accept it like it 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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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