Aretha Quotes

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

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

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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