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

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

If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?

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

The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.

As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war ... You have to learn when to let go. And that's not easy.

People 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.