Aretha Franklin quotes

You walked in on the sly Scopin' for love In the crowd, I caught your eye You can't hide your stuff.You came to catch You thought I'd be naive and tame You met your match I beat you at your own game. (Aretha Franklin)
People walkin' around everyday, Playin' games and takin' scores. Tryin' to make other people lose their minds. Well be careful you don't lose yours.Oh think (think) Think about what you're tryin' to do to me. Woo-hoo think (think) Let your mind go let yourself be free.You need me (need me) And I need you (don't cha know) Without each other There ain't nothin' we two can do. View quote
Aretha Franklin
R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me R-E-S-P-E-C-T Take care ... TCB Sock it to me, Sock it to me, Sock it to me. View quote
Aretha Franklin
Step n' move your hips With a feelin' from side to side Sit yourself down in your car And take a ride.And while you're movin' Rock steady Rock steady baby. Let's call this song exactly what it is. View quote
Aretha Franklin
I want to be what he wants when he wants it, and whenever he needs it And when he's lonesome and feelin' love starved I'll be there to feed it I'm givin' him a little bit for each day He turns me right on when I hear him say(Hey baby let's get away, let's go somewhere far) (Baby can we?) Well I don't care. View quote
Aretha Franklin
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right. View quote
Aretha Franklin
Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it. View quote
Aretha Franklin
When God loves you, what can be better than that? View quote
Aretha Franklin
Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off. View quote
Aretha Franklin
Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away! View quote
Aretha Franklin
My faith always has been and always will be important to me. (Aretha Franklin)
I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is. View quote
Aretha Franklin
I'm a big woman. I need big hair. View quote
Aretha Franklin
If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about. View quote
Aretha Franklin
Politics are not my arena. Music is. View quote
Aretha Franklin
I've never recorded anything I didn't like. View quote
Aretha Franklin
I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage. View quote
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. View quote
Aretha Franklin
Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me. View quote
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.' View quote
Aretha Franklin
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)
I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey - like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone. View quote
Aretha Franklin
I'm never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things. View quote
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. View quote
Aretha Franklin
Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home. View quote
Aretha Franklin