Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
ARETHA FRANKLINAnd 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.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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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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Let’s start with the church. As you know, it’s my background, it’s a natural setting for me and it’s definitely my roots.
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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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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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 saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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