Aretha Franklin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

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

“My faith always has been and always will be important to me.”

“And I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying.”

“I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.”

“I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.”

“I always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music.”

“I love all music.”

“Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.”