I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
ARETHA FRANKLINMusic 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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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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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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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