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Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I'm happy with that.
Aretha Franklin
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Aretha Franklin
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: March 25
Died: 2018
Died: August 16
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Aretha Louise Franklin
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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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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.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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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.
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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.
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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 don't feel one's personal medical condition is everybody's business. It just isn't something you advertise, and it's not open to discussion.
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On the sly, scoping for love.
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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.
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I've always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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I like Beyonce's music - some of it, not all of 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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Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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I love 'Anne of Green Gables.' I have for years. That's one of my favourite things. She's such a can-do kind of girl that's why I'm crazy about her.
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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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I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage.
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It's so glamorous, you have to see it. (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.
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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.
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