Politics are not my arena. Music is.
ARETHA FRANKLINWomen have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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’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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Being the Queen is not all about singing and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.
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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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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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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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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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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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