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

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Life is too short to harbor any hostilities towards anybody.

Life is too short to harbor any hostilities towards anybody.

I'm not angry at anyone.

I'm not angry at anyone.

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

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

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 think you create your own hipness.

I think you create your own hipness.

It doesn't mean that I won't be sexy or hip or anything like that.

It doesn't mean that I won't be sexy or hip or anything like that.

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'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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 have to choose songs that represent my personality.

I have to choose songs that represent my personality.

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'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...

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....

Trends don't mean very much.

Trends don't mean very much.

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

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