Aretha Franklin Quotes

24 quotes by 23 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
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
There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was. — Peabo Bryson
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
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
I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald. — Lena Horne
Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe. — Whitney Houston
My ultimate film role would be to play the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin. — Jennifer Hudson
Atlantic's Jerry Wexler believes first-rate records are made by first-rate voices. He certainly has worked with enough of them: Clyde McPhatter, Joe Turner, La Vern… — Jon Landau
With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson… — Jordin Sparks
Hey, I'm like Aretha Franklin, I don't get no R -S -P -E -C -T around here! — Si Robertson
As a kid, I was listening to Aretha Franklin, Etta James and hip-hop as well as music my parents were listening to, like Joni Mitchell… — Alanis Morissette

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