Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
ARETHA FRANKLINThe man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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’m never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.
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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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Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.
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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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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’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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I’ve been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.
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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 know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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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 think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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