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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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It's so glamorous, you have to see it. (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
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On the sly, scoping for love.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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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've always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.
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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 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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R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.
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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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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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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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Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.
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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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I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.
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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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Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!
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