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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.

Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: March 25
Died: 2018
Died: August 16
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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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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 always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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On the sly, scoping for love.
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I like Beyonce's music - some of it, not all of it.
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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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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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Politics are not my arena. Music 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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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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I've never recorded anything I didn't like.
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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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Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!
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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'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage.
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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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I sing to the realists people who accept it like it is.
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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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