I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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 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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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’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 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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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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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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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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 know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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