Tag: Aretha Franklin
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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 myself in mind.
Aretha Franklin
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Many of my friends were there at Motown. The studio was only a few blocks from where my dad’s home was, where we lived.
Aretha Franklin
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I picked up some wonderful things just listening to other pianists that I appreciate, and that would be Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, Vladimir Horowitz, and Art Tatum. Those are the pianists I really enjoy and admire.
Aretha Franklin
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I’m really an old-fashioned girl – I like to be romanced.
Aretha Franklin
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President Bush bestowed the Congressional Medal on myself.
Aretha Franklin
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Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.
Aretha Franklin
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I guess I could’ve been a prima ballerina. Or a nurse. Aretha Nightingale!
Aretha Franklin
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I like Beyonce’s music – some of it, not all of it.
Aretha Franklin
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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 in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.
Aretha Franklin
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Women absolutely deserve respect.
Aretha Franklin