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.
ARETHA FRANKLINNow, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.
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’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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 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’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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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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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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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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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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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