Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
ARETHA FRANKLINMusic changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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 think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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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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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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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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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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. 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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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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