Aretha Franklin Quotes

We didn't have music videos. You weren't an overnight sensation. You had to work at it and learn your craft: how to take care of your voice, how to pace your concerts, all that trial and error.

Aretha Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018

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I left the Pumpkins in 2010, and I just took a year off to hang with my family and be with my daughter and my son and my wife, and just get acclimatised to being off the road. Then I started looking at what was going to be the next part of my career/legacy, whatever you want to call it.

Jimmy Chamberlin

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A lot of people thought my career was over. If you're not releasing records, then something must be wrong. Either the record company doesn't like your music, or you've been dropped. It has to something negative. It's not like you wanted to take a break, or want some balance, or smell the roses.

Maxwell

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If you don't eat right as an athlete, you'll get tired and won't be as sharp. It's simple to drink sodas and sports drinks, but water is the most essential drink to put in your body.

Troy Polamalu

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I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.

Tucker Carlson

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Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them.

Roger McGuinn

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It's quite nice to play on a golf course that, even though it is links, that there's not much wind, which is good.

Jason Day

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There's certain things that you can do on cable that you can't do here on network TV, so then you have to think outside the box a little bit.

Josh Charles

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I was recently designated Tweeter Laureate of Texas, which apparently is a thing.

Don Willett

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I know that one day I'm going to die. I want to accomplish as much as I can before I do.

Clarence Clemons

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Some of my favorite media is the still cartoon that you can sit and study. You can get amazing metaphors across really quickly. I'm in awe of a Charles Schulz.

Bob Peterson

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I always thought, 'I could go the route of saying some controversial things and have it explode, just do it like that. But I don't do that.' But of course, it wasn't really up to me.

Ariel Pink

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The holder of authority is like the rider on a lion - he is envied for his position, but he well knows his position.

Ali ibn Abi Talib

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