but what we remember most is that amazing voice, a voice unlike any other that we could all sing too even if none of us could sing like aretha franklin. it combined so many elements of her and of america. she was of detroit, wasn't part of motown but is as good or better than any of the motown singers. she came out of the church, the gospel choir of her father, the reverend c.l. franklin. she could combine gospel with rock and soul. and even opera. she could do it all. that's why she's so much more than an image. >> and i was so struck by learning something i have not known, she was -- first of all, she played the piano. her mother was a pianist. she played the piano from childhood. one of her childhood friends saying when she was 5 years old she was on the keyboard. she went and enrolled in julliard in the late '90s because she wanted to refine her