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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.

Aretha Franklin

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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Appearance Bad Hurt Myself Woman
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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Alone Choice Greatness Love Myself Production Writing
Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Conscious Fashion Myself
I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Feeling Music Myself
I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Change Identity Myself Personality
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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Acceptance Courage Expression Happiness Myself People Sad Sing Smile Tears
Politics are not my arena. Music is.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Music One Liner Place Politics
I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Hard Lose Myself Thinking Weight
Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Better Friendship Love Need See Yourself
If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody’s supposed to respect you?
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Respect Run Thinking World Yourself
I’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Enjoyment Music Myself Record Studio Try
R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Music One Liner Truth
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 FRANKLIN

Grow Up Hurt Learning Mistake Try Yourself
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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Encouragement Inspirational Life Moments Music People Strength Transport
Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Change Music Myself Right
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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Artist Confidence Inspirational Yourself

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