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.

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

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

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

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

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.

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

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.

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

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

To be a success, intensely focus on success oriented action not on roadblocks or obstacles.

Praying anywhere" can easily become "praying nowhere", just as "praying anytime" can easily become "praying at no time". Everything in general becomes nothing in particular".

I want to be on the screen, I want to play dress up every day, I want be different people, I want to have fun, and I want to use my imagination.

Greatest thing in life is experience. Even mistakes have value.

Up North you are holding your own. Everyone considers themselves a comedian.

The vine that has grown old on an old tree falls with the ruin of that tree, and through that bad companionship must perish with it.

People were destined for one another; that's the romantic idea that young girls have, and I guess part of me still believes it.

Money won is always better than money earned.

I'm still true to my Southern roots.

The lad got over-excited when he saw the whites of the goalpost's eyes.