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 FRANKLINPeople 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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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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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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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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 know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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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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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I’m using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I’m happy with that.
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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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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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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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