Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
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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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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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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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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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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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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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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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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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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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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I’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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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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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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