Aretha Franklin Quotes
A fellow Detroiter, Wilson Pickett was one of the greatest soul singers of all time. He will absolutely be missed. I am thankful that I got the chance to speak to him not too long ago. 
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I don't think I can carry it, but I am absolutely thrilled to be receiving this award... does not come to California very often.
- Aretha Franklin
I don't think they did know what to do with me... But what they did do is establish an audience for me among some very important people, and that audience included Leonard Feather, who was the jazz critic at the time. I was fortunate enough at the time to get the No. 1 position in Downbeat, Playboy and a number of other magazine music polls.
- Aretha Franklin