When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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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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I’ve been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.
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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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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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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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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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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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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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I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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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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People really don’t have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don’t let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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