Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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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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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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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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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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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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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’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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