Aretha Franklin Quotes

"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."
- Aretha Franklin
(Related: Soul, Song)

"I'm a big woman. I need big hair."
- Aretha Franklin
(Related: Hair, Woman)

"I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage."
- Aretha Franklin
(Related: Lady)

"Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!"
- Aretha Franklin

"I always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music."
- Aretha Franklin
(Related: Music)

"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."
- Aretha Franklin
(Related: God, Being)

"I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else."
- Aretha Franklin
(Related: Losing, Weight)

"I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is."
- Aretha Franklin
(Related: People)