I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
ARETHA FRANKLINTrying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
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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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
ARETHA FRANKLIN







