I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
ARETHA FRANKLINPolitics are not my arena. Music is.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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 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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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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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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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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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