A biography for Aretha Franklinhasn’t been written yet.
“I just got into Mike Tyson. My security people kept saying, 'Haven't you seen him yet?' Well, I finally did, and he's got a real knockout punch.”
“People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you.”
“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.”
“Certainly, gospel was my background - is my background.”
“There is no way in the world anyone else could do my wedding other than myself, along with whomever I select to do various things.”
“I like being married. It's an institution that I like.”
“There's a lot of great singers out here.”
“I came up in gospel.”
“I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage.”
“I guess I could've been a prima ballerina. Or a nurse. Aretha Nightingale!”
“Well, 20 Grammys is not bad.”
“President Clinton, I sang at his post-inauguration party out in Maryland.”
“I like writing and don't confine myself to just the words or just the music. But I don't particularly write songs with myself in mind.”