“Being the queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing.  It has much to do with your service to people.”

“The love of my life?  I’m much too young to answer that question.”

“Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.”

“If you want a do-right-all-day woman.
You’ve got to be a do-right-all-night man.”

“Oh, one of these mornings, the chain is gonna break.”

“I sing to realists.  People who accept it like it is.”

“Hard, cold and cruel is a man who paid too much for what he got.”

“Who hasn’t had a weight problem? If not he body, certainly the big head!”

“In the stillness of the midnight, precious, sacred scenes unfold.”

“Living in a world of ghetto life, everybody around seems so uptight.”

“Without him, your life goes on. Without him, your life goes on.”

“When I think of all those disappointments, I just laugh. When the mountain was high, I still believed.”

“Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.”

” I would have said, impossible. But now, at last, I see that nothing is impossible.”

“Oh, it’s a good thing it’s a sweet thing to love someone.
But it’s bad and even sad when it’s not returned.”

“…standing on their own two feet and ringing on their own bells, sisters are doing it for themselves.”

“I didn’t know what was wrong with me…until your kiss helped me name it.”

“It’s the rough side of the mountain that’s the easiest to climb; the smooth side doesn’t have anything for you to hang on to.” 

“They say that it’s a man’s world. But you can’t prove that by me.”

“Sometimes, what you’re looking for is already there.”

“Just to know I uplifted another person—I wouldn’t be doing anything else. “

“Through the storm, through the night, Lead me on to the light.
Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home.”

“When our work here is done and the life crown is won,
And our troubles and trials are o’er,
All our sorrow will end, and our voices will blend,
With the loved ones who’ve gone on before.”

Thank you! Rest in Peace Queen Aretha!