redding and dionne warwick and just make them her own with "respect" and "i say a little prayer" she was versatile, no one can forget that evening in 1998 when, at the grammys, when luciano pavarotti was sick, couldn't perform and she did the arya that was -- you didn't think of her as an opera singer but she was just so talented and such a -- such a brilliant thinker as a musician that i think really one of the most important musicians of our time. >> donny, i interviewed, two days ago, lenny kravitz for an upcoming piece on my subbed show. hadn't passed and he talked about her. this is what lenny kravitz said. through her voice and expression we get to feel what soul really is. you know what gospel really is,