I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.

I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.

Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.

You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me.

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