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
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.
Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It's transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It's uplifting, it's encouraging, it's strengthening.
If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?
People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.
I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it's sad and smiles when it's happy. It seems simple to me, but for some people, I guess feelin' takes courage.
Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!
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.
Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.
Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.
Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.