I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
ARETHA FRANKLINBeing 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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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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Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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 sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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