My faith always has been and always will be important to me.

It's the right thing to do. Hopefully some of the other performers in town will follow suit.

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

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

I always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.