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Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

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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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 sing to the realists people who accept it like it is.
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I've never recorded anything I didn't like.
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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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On the sly, scoping for love.
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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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Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with 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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I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.
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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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Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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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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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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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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It's so glamorous, you have to see it. (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
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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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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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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.
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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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