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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
Stage
Next
Lady
Door
Doors

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On the sly, scoping for love.
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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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R&B is not a fad it's the truth.
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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 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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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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I sing to the realists people who accept it like it is.
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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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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.
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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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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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