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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.

Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: March 25
Died: 2018
Died: August 16
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Memphis
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Aretha Louise Franklin
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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.
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.
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