You cannot define a person on just one thing. You can't just forget all these wonderful and good things that a person… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
We've come a long way, but there is still a lot of discrimination. — 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
Everybody wants respect. In their own way, three-year-olds would like respect, and acknowledgment, in their terms. — 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
