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Politics are not my arena. Music is.

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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Politics
Music

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I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage.
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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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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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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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And I've been hurt hurt bad. I might be just twenty-six, but I'm an old woman in disguise twenty-six goin'on sixty-five.
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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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I sing to the realists people who accept it like it is.
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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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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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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.
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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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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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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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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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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Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!
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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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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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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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