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
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.
I'm a big woman. I need big hair.
I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.
As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war ... You have to learn when to let go. And that's not easy.
I love 'Anne of Green Gables.' I have for years. That's one of my favourite things. She's such a can-do kind of girl; that's why I'm crazy about her.
Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.
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.
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.
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?