Tag: Aretha Franklin
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‘Rocking With Leroy’ used to come on when I would come in from school. It was a very, very big R&B broadcast of the day when I was a young girl. And I would come in and put my books down, lie down on the floor, and listen to ‘Rocking With Leroy.’
Aretha Franklin
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Beyonce is very outspoken on feminist issues. So I think that’s good. That could be brought to the forefront more.
Aretha Franklin
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People are not as nice as they used to be. There used to be a time when we conversed. You don’t get a lot of real responses now. They used to be more polite and well-mannered people, generally. It’s minimal now.
Aretha Franklin
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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 couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about.
Aretha Franklin
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I think it would be a far greater world if people were kinder and more respectful to each other.
Aretha Franklin
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Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.
Aretha Franklin
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I think women and children and older people are the three least-respected groups in our society.
Aretha Franklin
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Men don’t like eating out of cans. And I don’t like eating out of cans too much, either.
Aretha Franklin
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I loved going to church. I enjoyed being a part of the choir and just doing things in and around the church. But as a young girl, I certainly enjoyed watching and listening to my dad.
Aretha Franklin
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Columbia was a wonderful label for me. Wonderful. The records I made there garnered me an audience. I won a number of polls during the years that I was at Columbia. The Downbeat Jazz Poll. Leonard Feather, who was a huge critic back in the day, different polls that he had. The Playboy poll, a number of polls. So the music was great.
Aretha Franklin