188 Quotes by Aretha Franklin

If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody’s supposed to respect you?

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more.

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.

Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.

You’re a no good heartbreaker, you’re a liar, and you’re a cheat. I don’t know why I let you do these things to me.

I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.

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.