188 Quotes by Aretha Franklin

I don't think I was a catalyst for the women's movement.

Who hasn't had a weight issue? If not the body, certainly the big head!

For many years, I've wanted to do one, and I've always mentioned it to the chieftains, and they would say things like, 'Oh well. Christmas albums don't sell,' and things like that. But that's not the point. Christmas albums are important. The music is important. The season is important.

I just loved working with George Benson, whom I very much enjoy musically and as a person.

Everybody wants respect. In their own way, three-year-olds would like respect, and acknowledgment, in their terms.

It really is an honor if I can be inspirational to a younger singer or person. It means I've done my job.

'Rocking With Leroy' used to come on when I would come in from school. It was a very, very big R&B broadcast of the day when I was a young girl. And I would come in and put my books down, lie down on the floor, and listen to 'Rocking With Leroy.'

My mentor was Clara Ward of the famous Ward gospel singers of Philadelphia. And my dad was my coach. He coached me. And just my natural love for music is what drove me.

John Legend is, in my opinion, classic. He is one of the best finds that has come along in a long time.