I like writing and don't confine myself to just the words or just the music. But I don't particularly write songs with… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
I think you have a lot of really good artists today. You have your Beyonce, Usher, Nicki Minaj and the like. But… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
Most of what I wear, I select myself. You can't please everybody, and as long as I'm comfortable with what I wear,… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
There is no way in the world anyone else could do my wedding other than myself, along with whomever I select to… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
As a very small girl, I listened to Charlie Parker and loved him and Max Roach and people like that. — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees. — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
I certainly enjoy Usher, Beyonce, Chris Brown, and there is Fantasia; these people will be around a while. They've got it. They've got the… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart and I will love you. Forever, forever, we never will part. Oh, how I love you. — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
I just loved working with George Benson, whom I very much enjoy musically and as a person. — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
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… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
