Aretha Franklin People Quotations

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.

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.

I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.

I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don't know that I've ever heard any geniuses.

...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso

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.