in the house. her music always represented certain things for me. i saw her perform at the kennedy center honors where she brought the house down. she almost brought us to our knees to bow to the queen. president obama was sitting up in the box with me and turns to me and says that s why she s the queen of soul. that voice, and what happened in that room. and i m just grateful that she used that voice to galvanize us, to bring us together, to sing us through assassinations and inaugurations and all kinds of celebrations. i mean, aretha s life is going to live on in the music, and just the memories that we have of her. it s been wonderful. that s why she s the queen of soul. this is a statement you released earlier to cnn. the way she uses that voice. i thought about that today. she used her voice to sing us through good times and bad from assassinations and celebrations and civil rights to women s rights. i wish more people would use their voice to uplift rather
aretha s life is going to live on in the music and just the memories that we have of her. she s been wonderful. that s why she s the queen of soul. that s the statement you released earlier to cnn and the way she uses that voice. i thought about that today. she used her voice to sing us through good times and bad, from assassinations and celebrations in civil rights to women s rights. i wish more people would use their voice to up lift rather than tear down. that is powerful. but true. but true. especially in this day. and i look at where we are right now, with all of these legends, you have prince, the prince is gone, michael jackson the king is gone, whitney, the princess is gone. now the queen of soul is gone. i wonder what s next. you know, where are these voices that are going to come up that are going to inspire us and encourage us and galvanize and bring us together and not divide us. it s important we look for those voices and support them and stands with them.
spent a lot of time she s wonderful. she inspired a lot of people. what does she mean to you? what was the inspiration for you, tyler? i ll tell you, aretha music meant would let me know if we had a good time in the house this weekend. it would tell me my mother s move when i was coming home from school. if i heard natural women or respect there was trouble in the house. so her music represented certain things for me. and last time i heard her perform was kennedy honors, brought the house down to the feet and almost to our knees, to bow to the queen. and president obama was sitting in the box, and turned to me, that s why she s the queen of soul, that voice, and i m grateful she used that voice to bring us together to bring us through assassinations and inaugurations and all kinds of celebrations.
continue to follow the breaking news this morning. if you are just joining us, the queen is gone. aretha franklin died this morning surrounded by family and friends at her home in detroit, michigan. she s the queen of soul. she s provided some of the soundtracks of our lifetimes. her influence spans generations and continues to this day. tributes are pouring in. sadness, of course, but so many honoring her life and her legacy. diana ross tweeting, there s a bright flame about to go out. only god knows when. say a prayer and let her go, deep breath. joining me right now to talk about her impact, her influence, her love of the great city of detroit, former detroit mayor dennis archer. thank you so much for joining me. thank you for the opportunity. i appreciate it. your reaction to the news this
she loved sam cook and she wanted to sing what sam was singing. and she went on she was still gospel really at the time and sam was singing more mainstream stuff. right, right. but she moved on and got on the same level with sam singing well, she started with some jazz. she would do things with king curtis and the soul serenade, you know. but she couldn t stay there. she had to stretch out. and when she stretched out, she stretched out. that s amazing. we re just showing some pictures of the apollo there. camilla, she s the queen of soul, undisputed queen of soul, also the queen of the apollo. yes. that s right. talk to me about her history, camilla, at the apollo. she s performed at the apollo dozens of times. she first graced the stages in early 60s, right? no one really knew her name, but