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.
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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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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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it’s sad and smiles when it’s happy. It seems simple to me, but for some people, I guess feelin’ takes courage.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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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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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’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war … You have to learn when to let go. And that’s not easy.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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