Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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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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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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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’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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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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