I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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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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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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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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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
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