Aretha Quotes: top 69 famous quotes about Aretha

Aretha Quotes & Sayings

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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

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald. — Lena Horne

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do. — Whitney Houston

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats. — Aretha Franklin

Tell Aretha I'll be praying for herBecause she needs Jesus!I love her. — Patti LaBelle

If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you? — Aretha Franklin

I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses. — Aretha Franklin

...for every Aretha, there's a chorus of cat-stranglers. — Bill Eisele

My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left ... I'm gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone. — Aretha Franklin

R&B is not a fad; it's the truth. — Aretha Franklin

I love all music. — Aretha Franklin

As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war ... You have to learn when to let go. And that's not easy. — Aretha Franklin

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me. — Aretha Franklin

Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away! — Aretha Franklin

The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman. — Aretha Franklin

You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me. — Aretha Franklin

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people. — George Thorogood

I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage. — Aretha Franklin

Hey, I'm like Aretha Franklin, I don't get no R -S -P -E -C -T around here! — Si Robertson

If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do. — Peabo Bryson

Better friends than lovers. Sugar can't you see? You need you and I really need me. — Aretha Franklin

I've always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome. — Aretha Franklin

Call in the Caped Crusader, Green Hornet, Kato, too. I'm in so much trouble I don't know what to do. — Aretha Franklin

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that. — Aretha Franklin

Judy Garland is a singer with a capital S. And talk about soul. This woman was soul personified. Judy Garland is a class by herself. — Aretha Franklin

The people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso — Aretha Franklin

She's got her God and she's got good wine, Aretha Franklin, and Patsy Cline. — Trisha Yearwood

I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don't know that I've ever heard any geniuses. — Aretha Franklin

And I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying. — Aretha Franklin

I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks. — Aretha Franklin

When God loves you, what can be better than that? — Aretha Franklin

The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's. — Marianne Faithfull

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it. — Aretha Franklin

Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees. — Aretha Franklin

Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it. — Aretha Franklin

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right. — Aretha Franklin

Yes, I've always been fashion conscious. — Aretha Franklin

I always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music. — Aretha Franklin

I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.' — Aretha Franklin

Politics are not my arena. Music is. — Aretha Franklin

I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is. — Aretha Franklin

I'm never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things. — Aretha Franklin

My faith always has been and always will be important to me. — Aretha Franklin

I've never recorded anything I didn't like. — Aretha Franklin

My ultimate film role would be to play the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin. — Jennifer Hudson

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was. — Peabo Bryson

The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks. — Aretha Franklin

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

People say I'm the white Aretha Franklin. I wish I was her. — Joss Stone

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more. — Aretha Franklin

I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of. — Jonny Lang

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

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

It's so glamorous, you have to see it. (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) — Aretha Franklin

I love 'Anne of Green Gables.' I have for years. That's one of my favourite things. She's such a can-do kind of girl; that's why I'm crazy about her. — Aretha Franklin

I'm a big woman. I need big hair. — Aretha Franklin

I don't feel one's personal medical condition is everybody's business. It just isn't something you advertise, and it's not open to discussion. — Aretha Franklin

I like Beyonce's music - some of it, not all of it. — Aretha Franklin

I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else. — Aretha Franklin

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 pumping. — Kara DioGuardi

I love to sing. It's just a natural thing for me. — Aretha Franklin

Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home. — Aretha Franklin

And I've been hurt hurt bad. I might be just twenty-six, but I'm an old woman in disguise twenty-six goin'on sixty-five. — Aretha Franklin

In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us. — Jon Landau

Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me. — Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin does not like me. — Natalie Cole

On the sly, scoping for love. — Aretha Franklin

Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots. — Aretha Franklin

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off. — Aretha Franklin