As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.
Mary J. Blige

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

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.
George Thorogood

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.
Lena Horne

If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.
Peabo Bryson

The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.
Marianne Faithfull

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was.
Peabo Bryson

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do.
Whitney Houston