Aretha Franklin Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I've always said that an art critic can put aside politics around art.

Jerry Saltz

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I did an A Level in Theatre Studies and had a really inspirational teacher, and then I just went on to university.

Jessica Raine

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It's silly to me to not be positive about rock advancing and growing. Really, we just want rock n' roll to be mainstream.

John Gourley

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When I look back at my childhood on the Ayrshire coast, I recall a basic devotion to the idea that human nature and national character are as unknowable as the weather's rationale.

Andrew O'Hagan

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Dream projects are always a funny thing to label. I guess just more exciting scripts in my inbox. Maybe an exciting script about John Lennon.

Andrew Gower

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Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them.

Robert Rodriguez

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That includes not cutting down the rain forest, and stop polluting the ocean because once we kill the coral reefs and the rain forest, this earth is toast.

Michael Berryman

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It seems natural to me that as a writer, you should have some kind of, you know, there should be some kind of projection that you actually have influenced people who are closest to you.

Amiri Baraka

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Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Alvin Toffler

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To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.

Stephen Baker

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My first serious girlfriend, when I was 16, was Mormon. I went to her house for 'family home evening,' and I was like, 'Why aren't you people ignoring each other and watching television?'

Trey Parker

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The strongest feelings I've had in my life are when love has gone right and when love has gone bad. And I think strong feelings make good songs.

Tom Odell

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