I'm a big woman. I need big hair.

I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.

Politics are not my arena. Music is.

Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It's transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It's uplifting, it's encouraging, it's strengthening.

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

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.