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

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.

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.

Better friends than lovers. Sugar can't you see? You need you and I really need me.

Sometimes she arches away from me and wears a light halo of genius about her.

Youth is the last ride with fun, but the first one with responsability.

My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality.

When I makes tea I makes tea, as old mother Grogan said. And when I makes water I makes water.

Nobody expects you to exhibit godlike strength, excepting maybe yourself.

Great numbers of the Indians pass our camp on their hunting excursions: the day was clear and pleasant, but last night was very cold and there was a white frost.

I can cook a little bit. I can cook a few Spanish dishes. But, in movies, it looks like I cook much better than I cook.

I think that Brighton, for a crime writer, is almost like a character.

We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.

These are not easy questions. Who am I? Why am I here? They're not easy because the human being isn't wired to function as an individual.