There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was.

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The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.

The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.

I have to choose songs that represent my personality.

I have to choose songs that represent my personality.

If you have a Stradivarius and nobody to play it, it's just a Stradivarius. Or...

If you have a Stradivarius and nobody to play it, it's just a Stradivarius. Or...

If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.

If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.

I mean, on the food chain, do instruments really rate? I don't think so.

I mean, on the food chain, do instruments really rate? I don't think so.

There weren't any white people in this country who didn't know who Gladys Knight was....

There weren't any white people in this country who didn't know who Gladys Knight was....

But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep.

But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep.

I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get...

I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get...

Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense...

Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense...

I'm having fun just being a musician as well as an artist at this point.

I'm having fun just being a musician as well as an artist at this point.

Every significant event that takes place in our lives is set to some kind of...

Every significant event that takes place in our lives is set to some kind of...

I adore being with Roberta. I adore being in her spiritual light. I adore being...

I adore being with Roberta. I adore being in her spiritual light. I adore being...

I think you create your own hipness.

I think you create your own hipness.

For me, the other thing is not just a strong sense of spirituality.

For me, the other thing is not just a strong sense of spirituality.

I'm not angry at anyone.

I'm not angry at anyone.

I'd sing with Roberta Flack in a taxi if you called up and said she'd...

I'd sing with Roberta Flack in a taxi if you called up and said she'd...

Life is too short to harbor any hostilities towards anybody.

Life is too short to harbor any hostilities towards anybody.

If you think about it, everything we do in life is set to some kind...

If you think about it, everything we do in life is set to some kind...

I never want to fake it. That's my whole thing.

I never want to fake it. That's my whole thing.

In the last couple of years I've been picking up my guitar again.

In the last couple of years I've been picking up my guitar again.