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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.

I've done the Kennedy Center many times. I've sang for Marian Anderson. I've sang for Marion Williams. I've sang for Lionel Hampton.

President Bush bestowed the Congressional Medal on myself.

President Clinton, I sang at his post-inauguration party out in Maryland.

It's very satisfying. To perform the way you want to. And the way you know that you can.

I guess I could've been a prima ballerina. Or a nurse. Aretha Nightingale!

Ariana Grande - I like her a lot.

I don't think I was a catalyst for the women's movement.

Everybody wants respect. In their own way, three-year-olds would like respect, and acknowledgment, in their terms.

There's a lot of great singers out here.

Aretha Franklin