I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
ARETHA FRANKLINLet’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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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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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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody’s supposed to respect you?
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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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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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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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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I’ve been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.
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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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I’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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