I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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.
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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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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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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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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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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 man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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Let’s start with the church. As you know, it’s my background, it’s a natural setting for me and it’s definitely my roots.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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