I’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
ARETHA FRANKLINYes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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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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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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 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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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If 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 think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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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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