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title: "1 Aretha Quotes By Jennifer Holliday"
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> [Aretha Franklin, first and foremost... That's my top girl there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/aretha-franklin-first-and-foremost-that-s-my-top-girl-there/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

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## More by Jennifer Holliday

> [I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/i-continually-still-fight-every-day-for-my-life-not-only-still/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [The gay community has been so faithful and good to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/the-gay-community-has-been-so-faithful-and-good-to-me/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [When I was with Geffen Records, I weighed almost 400 pounds. The label told me that I had a great voice but wasn't marketable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/when-i-was-with-geffen-records-i-weighed-almost-400-pounds-the-label/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [Back in the day, if someone at the record label didn't care or like your music, it never got to the public. It just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/back-in-the-day-if-someone-at-the-record-label-didn-t-care-or-like/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [Haven't a lot of us just missed at a lot of things and thought that we wouldn't have another chance at it? So we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/haven-t-a-lot-of-us-just-missed-at-a-lot-of-things-and-thought-that/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [Aretha Franklin, first and foremost... That's my top girl there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/aretha-franklin-first-and-foremost-that-s-my-top-girl-there/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [I was privileged to know the late, great Miss Etta James, and I did get a chance to spend some time with her and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/i-was-privileged-to-know-the-late-great-miss-etta-james-and-i-did-get/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [Either you can sing, or you can't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/either-you-can-sing-or-you-can-t/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [If your mind is not willing, everything will go. There's so much great power of our mind that we take for granted, and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/if-your-mind-is-not-willing-everything-will-go-there-s-so-much-great/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [I am, you know, really fighting for myself and my life. And I think the message that I could give to anybody is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/i-am-you-know-really-fighting-for-myself-and-my-life-and-i-think-the/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/for-singers-our-singing-voice-is-our-natural-voice-not-the-speaking/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [Some people run away from things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/some-people-run-away-from-things/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [When I was suffering with depression, people weren't talking about depression. It had a stigma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/when-i-was-suffering-with-depression-people-weren-t-talking-about/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [The music industry is a very rough industry. Many years ago, I think it was even rougher in the sense that a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/the-music-industry-is-a-very-rough-industry-many-years-ago-i-think-it/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

> [A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don't see a big picture for our lives. We don't love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-holliday/a-lot-of-times-we-base-everything-just-on-our-immediate-circumstance/)

[Jennifer Holliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-holliday/)

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