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.
ARETHA FRANKLINI saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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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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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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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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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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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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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Being 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.
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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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Let’s start with the church. As you know, it’s my background, it’s a natural setting for me and it’s definitely my roots.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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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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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need 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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