I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
ARETHA FRANKLINI’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with 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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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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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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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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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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 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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I’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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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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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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