The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
ARETHA FRANKLINWhen God loves you, what can be better than that?
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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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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I love to sing. It’s just a natural thing for me.
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My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.
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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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I’m a big woman. I need big hair.
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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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I’ve always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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Being the Queen is not all about singing and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.
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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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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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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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Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
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And 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.
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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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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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Music changes, and I’m gonna change right along with it.
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The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
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