Top 10 Aretha Franklin Quotes

The Top Ten
1 “Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.”
2 “The moment I wake up, Before I put on my make up, I say a little prayer for you”
3 “Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that.”
4 “I might be just twenty-six, but I'm an old woman in disguise... twenty-six goin'on sixty-five.”
5 “I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.”
6 “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.”
7 “I always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music.”
8 “I'm a big woman. I need big hair.”
9 “My faith always has been and always will be important to me.”
10 “Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!”
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