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I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage.

Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: March 25
Died: 2018
Died: August 16
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Songwriter
Memphis
Tennessee
Aretha Louise Franklin
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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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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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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.
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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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Call in the Caped Crusader, Green Hornet, Kato, too. I'm in so much trouble I don't know what to do.
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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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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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It's so glamorous, you have to see it. (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
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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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Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!
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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 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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Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.
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I've never recorded anything I didn't like.
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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'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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On the sly, scoping for love.
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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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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.
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