Aretha Franklin quotes
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.
Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!
I always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music.
I might be just twenty-six, but I'm an old woman in disguise... twenty-six goin'on sixty-five.
I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.
I'm a big woman. I need big hair.
I'm gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone.
I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage.
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.
My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.