Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
ARETHA FRANKLINI 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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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 never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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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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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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