I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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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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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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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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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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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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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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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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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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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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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