Quotes of: Aretha Keyword

Eula: Aretha! Aretha Robinson, what do you think you're doing? Aretha Robinson: Eula Bench, you promised me to split these washbaskets fair and square! Eula: And I did. Aretha Robinson: Hell, you did! You charged them white folks one thing and paid m...

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....Charles laughingly observed,'Gospel and the blues are really, if you break it down, almost the same thing. It's just a question of whether you're talkin' about a woman or God.

Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul

Aretha Robinson: If you want to do something to make your mama proud, promise me. Promise me you won't let nobody turn you into no cripple, you won't become no charity case, and you'll stand on your own two feet. Young Ray Robinson: I promise. Aretha...

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The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.

Marianne Faithfull

My introduction of Whitney was that if there's going to be one performer for the next generation who combined the beauty and lyric phrasing of a Lena Horne with those Gospel fiery roots of an Aretha Franklin, it would be Whitney Houston.

Clive Davis

If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.

Peabo Bryson

Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

Aretha Franklin

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was.

Peabo Bryson

My ultimate film role would be to play the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin.

Jennifer Hudson

Aretha Robinson, Ray Charles: Scratch a lie, find a thief.

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I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.

George Thorogood

I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.

Jonny Lang

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.

Lena Horne

Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way.

Beth Ditto

People say I'm the white Aretha Franklin. I wish I was her.

Joss Stone

As a kid, I was listening to Aretha Franklin, Etta James and hip-hop as well as music my parents were listening to, like Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen.

Alanis Morissette

The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.

Ernie Isley

In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us.

Jon Landau

I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.

Kara DioGuardi

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

Whitney Houston

[first lines] Aretha Robinson: Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothing turn you into no cripple.

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