The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
ARETHA FRANKLINIf you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody’s supposed to respect you?
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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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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I’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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