Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
ARETHA FRANKLINParents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
ARETHA FRANKLINFalling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
ARETHA FRANKLINTrying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
ARETHA FRANKLINMusic changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
ARETHA FRANKLINBetter friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
ARETHA FRANKLINI saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
ARETHA FRANKLINI’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
ARETHA FRANKLINMy 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.
ARETHA FRANKLINBeing 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.
ARETHA FRANKLINWomen have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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.
ARETHA FRANKLINBeing a singer is a natural gift. It means I’m using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I’m happy with that.
ARETHA FRANKLINMusic 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.
ARETHA FRANKLINR&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
ARETHA FRANKLINAnd 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.
ARETHA FRANKLINPolitics are not my arena. Music is.
ARETHA FRANKLIN