When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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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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 love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it’s sad and smiles when it’s happy. It seems simple to me, but for some people, I guess feelin’ takes courage.
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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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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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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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