Aretha Quotes

34 quotes by 30 authors

As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan,… — Mary J. Blige
Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin. — Tracy Chapman
Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love… — Maya Angelou
I'm very glad my mother didn't let me quit piano lessons at age 10. She said I wasn't old enough or good enough to make… — Condoleezza Rice
From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin, she [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts… — Aberjhani
You know later in life I was inspired to sing and that would've been Aretha, Chaka Khan, Mariah - the typical divas were the inspiration.… — Anastacia
Tell Aretha Iâ€™ll be praying for herBecause she needs Jesus!I love her. — Patti LaBelle
Tentatively I stood a great lump of wood on the chopping block and bought the axe down on it. It flew into two perfect halves.… — Helen Garner
Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away! — Aretha Franklin
Aretha with no goals, eternally single & one step soft of heaven/ let it be understood that she owns this melody along with her emotional… — Bob Dylan
There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was. — Peabo Bryson
Absolutely, I grew up listening to soul music. People like Stevie, Aretha, Ray Charles, Michael and Prince. My parents' record collection was all I had… — Jesse McCartney
I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of. — Jonny Lang
I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people. — George Thorogood
I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones… — Kara DioGuardi
She's got her God and she's got good wine, Aretha Franklin, and Patsy Cline. — Trisha Yearwood
People say I'm the white Aretha Franklin. I wish I was her. — Joss Stone
The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin. — Ernie Isley
Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really… — Beth Ditto
The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's. — Marianne Faithfull

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