Politics are not my arena. Music is.
ARETHA FRANKLINI sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I’m gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone.
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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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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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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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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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 sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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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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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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Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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