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.
—Aretha Franklin
Topics: Mistakes
I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
—Aretha Franklin
Topics: Weight
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
Topics: Singing
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