I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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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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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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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If a song’s about something I’ve experienced or that could’ve happened to me it’s good. But if it’s alien to me, I couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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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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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to 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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I’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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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 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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