Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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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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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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I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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People 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.
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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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 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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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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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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