Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
ARETHA FRANKLINThe man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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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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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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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 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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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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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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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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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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