Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
ARETHA FRANKLINI think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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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My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I’m gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone.
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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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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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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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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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I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey – like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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.
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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 love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.
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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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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.
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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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Being 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.
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