[Franklin received the Lena Horne Award for outstanding career achievements and gave two rousing performances ?] Until You Come Back to Me ... Respect. |
[Rhone said that the real challenge from her end was getting him to turn in the album.] We've been working on a huge marketing plan that has evolved over a full year, ... the cornerstone of the Motown label. |
[With all the no-shows, it was up to an old vet to keep up the festivities. Aretha Franklin , on hand to collect the Lena Horne Award for outstanding career achievements, brought down the house with crowd-pleasing performances of] Until You Come Back to Me ... Respect. |
A friend had a couple of pairs made up for me, ... I think the album is coming out. |
A Time to Love, |
Among all the wonderful things we have, we don't seem to have a time to love. And to me that's the fuel, that's the fuel we need to make the engine go. |
Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person. |
Handicaps are really to be used another way to benefit yourself and others. |
I do feel that there's a need to have some love out there, |
I don't know if they provide inspiration, |
I know he needed every bit of the stretch, |
I know! I know! But it's really coming out. They say they want it out for September 20th, I say the 27th. |
I really do seek to create music that is timeless, ... Each project takes on its own life, and the songs from A Time To Love are the most appropriate for the statement I wanted to make. |
I think that to a great degree, reggae companies have become very corporate and so maybe some (artists) don't have that freedom to say whatever they want to say, |
I was never afraid to put this out. That was never the issue -- ever. I wanted it to sound contemporary but still be me. It was just a matter of getting it right. |