Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklinis an American singer–songwriter and musician. Franklin began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin's church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Franklin embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but only achieving modest success. Following her signing to Atlantic Records in 1967, Franklin achieved commercial acclaim and success with songs such as "Respect", "A Natural Woman" and "Think". These hits and more helped her to gain the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoul Singer
Date of Birth25 March 1942
CityMemphis, TN
CountryUnited States of America
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.
As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war ... You have to learn when to let go. And that's not easy.
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.
Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.
My faith always has been and always will be important to me.
Better friends than lovers. Sugar can't you see? You need you and I really need me.
Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?
I still have another couple of duos that I'm working on, ... I really would like to finish that ASAP and get it out.
with all the other geniuses. I was mesmerized when I heard him live.
We were a little upset initially. Detroit is a city of music legends, and we thought it would be remiss to come all the way here and not use at least one artist from Detroit. But I'm appreciative of the fact that they did ask me to do the halftime show several times before, and the anthem this time.
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.
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.