The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
ARETHA FRANKLINI 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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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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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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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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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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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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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 always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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