Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
ARETHA FRANKLINWe all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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 saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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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 a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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