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.
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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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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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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 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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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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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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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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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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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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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’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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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 sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it’s sad and smiles when it’s happy. It seems simple to me, but for some people, I guess feelin’ takes courage.
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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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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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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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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’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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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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