I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
ARETHA FRANKLINI’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
ARETHA FRANKLINI’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
ARETHA FRANKLINBe 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.
ARETHA FRANKLINGospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
ARETHA FRANKLINAs 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.
ARETHA FRANKLINI know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
ARETHA FRANKLINPeople 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.
ARETHA FRANKLINBeing a singer is a natural gift. It means I’m using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I’m happy with that.
ARETHA FRANKLINI sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
ARETHA FRANKLINWe all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
ARETHA FRANKLINMusic changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
ARETHA FRANKLINBeing 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 FRANKLINAnd 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.
ARETHA FRANKLINI’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
ARETHA FRANKLINThe man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
ARETHA FRANKLINI sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it’s sad and smiles when it’s happy. It seems simple to me, but for some people, I guess feelin’ takes courage.
ARETHA FRANKLIN