Song Quotes by Aretha Franklin

14 Song quotes by Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin’s fourteen reflections on songs are short but mighty, each line resonating with the soul‑stirring power that earned her the title “Queen of Soul.” They provide a focused look at how music shaped her iconic voice.

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I love all music.

Aretha Franklin

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I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.

Aretha Franklin

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I love to sing. It's just a natural thing for me.

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In terms of helping people understand and know each other a little better, music is universal - universal and transporting.

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As a very small girl, I listened to Charlie Parker and loved him and Max Roach and people like that.

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It really is an honor if I can be inspirational to a younger singer or person. It means I've done my job.

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As long as it's good music. I love all music. It's got to be constructed properly.

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I like writing and don't confine myself to just the words or just the music. But I don't particularly write songs with…

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I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a…

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I didn't really want to sing at first, but my dad insisted that I do.

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I've probably cried with a lot of songs - in teenage crushes, adult crushes.

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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…

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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…

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I had not been in the jazz environment, having been brought up in the church. But once I got to New York,…

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Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.

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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…

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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.

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I love the Ritz.

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I sing, and the musicians kind of fit things around me.

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Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart and I will love you. Forever, forever, we never will part. Oh, how I love you.

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I just loved working with George Benson, whom I very much enjoy musically and as a person.

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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…

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I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.

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I can say that my big records and my success have been due to the backing which Atlantic have put behind me.

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Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.

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