The One and Only Aretha Franklin

She's the Queen of Soul. Get to know the one and only Aretha Franklin.

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00:00I've still got to find out who and what I really am, I don't know yet. I'm trying to find the answer.

00:07It's just something that she has and the way she makes people feel.

00:37Certainly I am touched and I'm moved when I go to church. There's so much of my dad there, but it isn't quite everything that he thinks.

01:07I want to be right in the thick of it, you know, if I'm going to do it.

01:37Could you tell that you were breaking through at that point?

01:42Not really. Not until I heard Respect was on the charts and it was very close to the top of the charts.

01:53And we kind of knew something was happening.

02:08It was kind of, as you say, a woman's anthem, a battle cry. Everyone wants respect. Everyone needs respect.

02:24I didn't embarrass you when I called you a legend. Does that bother you?

02:27No.