American - Musician | March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018
I love the Ritz.
Aretha Franklin
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Christmases past, my sister Carolyn and I - we'd been waiting for Santa all night. Nothing! Where is this man?
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I think you have a lot of really good artists today. You have your Beyonce, Usher, Nicki Minaj and the like. But our generation, the artists were stronger. You're talking about myself, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight, The Temptations, The Four Tops.
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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.
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I sing, and the musicians kind of fit things around me.
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You could call my piano my trademark, or one of my trademarks.
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I guess I could've been a prima ballerina. Or a nurse. Aretha Nightingale!
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Most of what I wear, I select myself. You can't please everybody, and as long as I'm comfortable with what I wear, I think that's what's important.
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Intermittently in my concert format, I sing a little jazz, a little scatting.
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President Bush bestowed the Congressional Medal on myself.
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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.
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Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
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