#aretha franklin

As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

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

— Peabo Bryson

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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

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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

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

— Lena Horne

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

— Jennifer Hudson

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

— Joss Stone

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

— Jonny Lang

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