Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
ARETHA FRANKLINI’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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I 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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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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Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you’re doing. If you’re not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.
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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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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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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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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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