Tao Te Ching
Aretha Franklin
1942 – 2018 CE
“Greatest Singer of All Time”
Dominant spirit of American music, Rolling Stone’s “Greatest Singer of All Time,” Queen of Soul, 1st Rock & Roll Hall of Fame woman singer, powerful and influential voice for Equal Rights and Social justice; Aretha Franklin’s legacy runs deep in both American and World culture. Beginning with her 1st album when only 14 years old, she went on to record 112 charted songs, 18 Grammys, and 17 top ten singles. Growing up and helping her famous father, mesmerizing preacher Rev. C.L. Franklin who recorded dozens of inspiring sermons treasured by blacks and creative spirits across the country, she knew and supported Martin Luther King from an early age. With a challenging life including having her first child when only 12 years old, her second when 14, a marriage filled with domestic violence, and her father being shot in his home at point blank range; her soul-empowering suffering continued in struggles with alcoholism, obesity, and various health issues. Not letting her tribulations stop her, she continued to spread her inspiration and was honored with degrees from Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown, and many other universities.
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Quotes by Aretha Franklin (1 quotes)
“I’ve been locked up and I know you got to disturb the peace when you can’t get no peace.”
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Quotes about Aretha Franklin (3 quotes)
“The Queen of our souls, the memory of her greatness as a musician and a fine human being will live with us forever
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“Nobody embodies more fully the connection between the African-American spiritual, the blues, R&B, rock and roll--the way that hardship and sorrow were transformed into something full of beauty and vitality and hope.”
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“Even at 73, Franklin could trap lightning in her mouth and shout down fire to earth.”
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