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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.

Aretha Franklin

When God loves you, what can be better than that?
ARETHA FRANKLIN

God Inspirational Love Yourself
Politics are not my arena. Music is.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Music One Liner Place Politics
Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Better Friendship Love Need See Yourself
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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Myself Natural Religious Root Start
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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Community Contribution People Queen Service Sing Social Yourself
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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Alone Burden God Heart Music Myself Record
If a song’s about something I’ve experienced or that could’ve happened to me it’s good. But if it’s alien to me, I couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Experience Goodness Myself Song Soul
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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Greatness Home Myself Record Remember Sing Sound
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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Head Owe People Yourself
The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Hell Love Man Myself Relationship Woman
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Black Human Man Ourselves Respect Right White Woman
I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Bank Community Contribution Food Generosity heavy Myself
Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Food Love Minimum Myself Occasion
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.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Alone Choice Greatness Love Myself Production Writing
My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Dedication Faith Important Myself
Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
ARETHA FRANKLIN

Break Power Woman

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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