Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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.
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I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.
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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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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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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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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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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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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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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Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.
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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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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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If a song’s about something I’ve experienced or that could’ve happened to me it’s good. But if it’s alien to me, I couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about.
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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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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