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.
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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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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Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s strengthening.
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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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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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I 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.
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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 never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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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’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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