#soul

“I started to sing like myself”

“The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done. Los Angeles Times”

“Music has been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal. As quoted "Words of the Week" in Jet magazine, Vol. 64, No. 6 (25 April 1983), p. 40”

“Rhythm and blues used to be called race music . … This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it. Pop Chronicles : Show 55”

“A symposium on soul”

“Soul is when you take a song and make it a part of you”

“Yeah yeah, what'd I say, all right Well, tell me what'd I say, yeah Tell me what'd I say right now Tell me what'd I say "What'd I Say", from the album What'd I Say”

“Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong, Come and love your daddy all night long. All right now, hey hey, all right. See the girl with the diamond ring; She knows how to shake that thing. All right now now now, hey hey, hey hey. Tell your mama, tell your pa, I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas. Oh yes, ma'm, you don't do right, don't do right. " What'd I Say ", from the album What'd I Say”

“I got a woman way over town, That's good to me, Oh yeah! " I Got a Woman ", written with Renald Richard”

“You gotta know how to get to people's heart Pop Chronicles : Show 15”

“Aretha Franklin on IMDb”

“Official Website”

“Congressman John Lewis on Aretha Franklin: ‘One of God’s precious gifts’”

“In order to become Aretha Franklin you really have to be able to assess an inheritance and find yourself able to use it. 1980 interview in Conversations with James Baldwin edited by Louis H. Pratt and Fred L. Standley”

“You walked in on the sly Scopin' for love In the crowd, I caught your eye You can't hide your stuff. You came to catch You thought I'd be naive and tame You met your match I beat you at your own game. " Who's Zoomin' Who ", written with Preston Glass and Narada Michael Walden , from Who's Zoomin' Who?”

“Step n' move your hips With a feelin' from side to side Sit yourself down in your car And take a ride. And while you're movin' Rock steady Rock steady baby. Let's call this song exactly what it is (What it is”

“I want to be what he wants when he wants it, and whenever he needs it And when he's lonesome and feelin' love starved I'll be there to feed it I'm givin' him a little bit for each day He turns me right on when I hear him say (Hey baby let's get away, let's go somewhere far) (Baby can we?) Well I don't care. " Day Dreaming ", from Young”

“People walkin' around everyday, Playin' games and takin' scores. Tryin' to make other people lose their minds. Well be careful you don't lose yours. Oh think (think) Think about what you're tryin' to do to me. Woo”

“(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone”