If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.
Aretha FranklinAnd I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying.
Aretha FranklinPeople really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.
Aretha Franklin