I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
ARETHA FRANKLINSoul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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Being 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.
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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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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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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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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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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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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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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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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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