Quotes About Aretha

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

I was just obsessed with soul singers who had these big powerful voices. I used to listen to Aretha, Whitney, Mariah and try and imitate them, note for note and riff for riff.

Like when you hear Aretha Franklin sing - it touches your soul. Crunk music, it makes you just wanna lose your mind - just be free and wild out.

I'm not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don't get "Iggy Sings." I am also a style of music, an approach.

I've always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.

Politics are not my arena. Music is.

Yeah, I want a job in Barack's Cabinet. How about a job, Mr. Obama? Please? Please?

Nearly every Aretha gig that I booked," said Dick Alen of the William Morris Agency, "required that of her total fee, she had to have twenty-five thousand in cash before she went onstage. That was the money she used to make her payroll. She deducted no taxes and made no records. I'd beg her to implement some system of documentation, but she refused. I knew that eventually there'd be hell to pay from the IRS.

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

To me, R&B means Aretha Franklin, who is otherworldly.

When Aretha Franklin came on the radio when I was in college, we would stop the car, throw open the doors, jump out, and dance.

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

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

I came up in gospel.

I have total respect for the self-contained rock artist. Whether you're dealing with Jerry Garcia or Lou Reed or Patti Smith or a Whitney or an Aretha, they know what they want with their career.

John Legend is, in my opinion, classic. He is one of the best finds that has come along in a long time.

aretha with no goals, eternally single & one step soft of heaven/ let it be understood that she owns this melody along with her emotional diplomats & her earth & her musical secrets

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

Absolutely, I grew up listening to soul music. People like Stevie, Aretha, Ray Charles, Michael and Prince. My parents' record collection was all I had when I was a little kid. If it wasn't that, it was something else in their collection.

I was fortunate enough to meet Aretha Franklin but I was so overwhelmed that I just burst out crying.

Aretha Franklin, she's just the most amazing singer ever. But I think there are so many singers that I just loved and sang along to on the radio. I guess I just enjoy trying out different styles along the way.

Aretha with no goals, eternally single & one step soft of heaven/ let it be understood that she owns this melody along with her emotional diplomats & her earth & her musical secrets

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