I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
ARETHA FRANKLINFalling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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 think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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And 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.
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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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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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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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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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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’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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