Politics are not my arena. Music is.
ARETHA FRANKLINIf a song’s about something I’ve experienced or that could’ve happened to me it’s good. But if it’s alien to me, I couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about.
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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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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 faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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