I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
ARETHA FRANKLINI 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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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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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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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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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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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 think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN