Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
ARETHA FRANKLINI know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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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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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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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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’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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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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