Politics are not my arena. Music is.

Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.

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

Call in the Caped Crusader, Green Hornet, Kato, too. I'm in so much trouble I don't know what to do.

Yes, I've always been fashion conscious.

...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso