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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
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Memphis
Tennessee
Aretha Louise Franklin
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Door
Doors
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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.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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On the sly, scoping for love.
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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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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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Politics are not my arena. Music is.
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I like Beyonce's music - some of it, not all of it.
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And I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying.
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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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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.
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R&B is not a fad it's the truth.
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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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Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!
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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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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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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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Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.
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