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Aretha Quotes
The voice that shaped generations of singers.
These Aretha quotes reflect on Aretha Franklin's lasting influence across genres, from soul greats to Franklin herself as a listening touchstone.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am in love with old school funk and soul music. That's what I grew up listening to, and I want to bring that style back with my music. I love artists like Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, and more!
- Franklin
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- Nov 07, 2020
On long car rides, we would always listen to the 'Blues Brothers' soundtrack and try to emulate everything that Aretha Franklin was doing. There was soul and grit in it that I think a kid from the suburbs really needed.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been attracted to music, and women like Aretha Franklin, Beyonce, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Tina Turner showed the path, in a way. They're all tough women but not afraid to be vulnerable. They made me feel someone like me could do that.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like when you hear Aretha Franklin sing - it touches your soul. Crunk music, it makes you just wanna lose your mind - just be free and wild out.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.
- Excited
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.
- Franklin
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Atlantic's Jerry Wexler believes first-rate records are made by first-rate voices. He certainly has worked with enough of them: Clyde McPhatter, Joe Turner, La Vern Baker, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sound comes from my inspiration, which is people like Aretha and Jay Z and Kanye, as well as everyone from the Whitneys and Mariahs to Destiny's Child and Usher. They all inspired me growing up.
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- Nov 07, 2020