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

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.

Positive emotions like compassion and loving kindness engender in us a deep sense of peace and serenity, and benefits others as well.

Any casual observer can tell at a glance I'm not the person I think I am.

I wonder how it is that we are all connected despite our tremendous differences.

Any fool can start a religion. And many do.

I don't play for the guitarists in the audience. I play for the musicians.

Only sing - don't do cheap songs, don't do silly songs, just do, just do wonderful songs that are well-written.

Your preoccupation should be on doing what you do as well as you can.

I thought about the nice clothes that I always wore. Well of course I did. I took pride in being the best dressed monster in Dade County.

I was under medication when I made the decision to burn the tapes.

I never could believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.