Top 149 Quotes & Sayings by Aretha Franklin - Page 3

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Last updated on December 24, 2024.

I didn't really want to sing at first, but my dad insisted that I do.

Aretha Franklin

John Legend is, in my opinion, classic. He is one of the best finds that has come along in a long time.

Aretha Franklin

Most of what I wear, I select myself. You can't please everybody, and as long as I'm comfortable with what I wear, I think that's what's important.

Aretha Franklin

I've always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.

Aretha Franklin

On the sly, scoping for love.

Aretha Franklin

Call in the Caped Crusader, Green Hornet, Kato, too. I'm in so much trouble I don't know what to do.

Aretha Franklin

Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.

Aretha Franklin

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

R&B is not a fad; it's the truth.

Aretha Franklin

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.

Aretha Franklin

Judy Garland is a singer with a capital S. And talk about soul. This woman was soul personified. Judy Garland is a class by herself.

Aretha Franklin

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

Better friends than lovers. Sugar can't you see? You need you and I really need me.

Aretha Franklin

It's so glamorous, you have to see it." (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)

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I love to sing. It's just a natural thing for me.

Aretha Franklin

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.

Aretha Franklin

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.

Aretha Franklin

I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.

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You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me.

Aretha Franklin

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.

Aretha Franklin

The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.

Aretha Franklin

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 Franklin

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

Aretha Franklin

...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso

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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.

Aretha Franklin

The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.

Aretha Franklin

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.

Aretha Franklin

Clark Terry is an American Master. I love to listen to him, particularly 'Mumbles.' I was so delighted when we received degrees together, along with Edward Kennedy, at the New England Conservatory in 1997.

Aretha Franklin

If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?

Aretha Franklin