I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
ARETHA FRANKLIN
Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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 donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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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 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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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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.
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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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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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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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN