Aretha Franklin Quotes

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Aretha Franklin

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 25, 1942

My generation, we came along, we had to really know our craft.

Aretha Franklin

What is auto-tune? I don't even know what auto-tune is.

Aretha Franklin

I really don't have any shelf music.

Aretha Franklin

When I first started, I wore Ceil Chapman gowns. I've been wondering for years what happened to the Ceil Chapman line of clothing.

Aretha Franklin

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

Aretha Franklin

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.

Aretha Franklin

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

Aretha Franklin

I didn't really want to sing at first, but my dad insisted that I do.

Aretha Franklin

The duet with Frank Sinatra, 'What Now My Love,' is one of my favorites.

Aretha Franklin

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

Aretha Franklin

I sing, and the musicians kind of fit things around me.

Aretha Franklin

There's a lot of great singers out here.

Aretha Franklin

I paid my dues; I certainly did.

Aretha Franklin

I just loved working with George Benson, whom I very much enjoy musically and as a person.

Aretha Franklin

I like being married. It's an institution that I like.

Aretha Franklin

Certainly, gospel was my background - is my background.

Aretha Franklin

Politics are not my arena. Music is.

Aretha Franklin

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

Aretha Franklin

President Bush bestowed the Congressional Medal on myself.

Aretha Franklin

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

Aretha Franklin