Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.
ARETHA FRANKLINThe man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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R&B is not a fad; it’s the truth.
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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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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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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’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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I’m the lady next door when I’m not on stage.
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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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