I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage..

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

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

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

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

My faith always has been and always will be important to me..

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

It's so glamorous, you have to see it." (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame).

Yes, I've always been fashion conscious..

I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it's sad and smiles when it's happy. It seems simpl….

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..

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

Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home..

Judy Garland is a singer with a capital S. And talk about soul. This woman was soul personified. Judy Garland is a class by herself..

And I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying..