Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
ARETHA FRANKLINAs 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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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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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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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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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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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