10 Questions for Aretha Franklin

The Queen of Soul talks about giving Detroit a little respect. Aretha Franklin will now take your questions

Joe Vaughn

Aretha Franklin

How has not flying hindered your career?

Kevin Mull, LITITZ, PA.

It has not hindered my career at all. Miss Franklin can get around. I have been everywhere, believe me, on this bus--everywhere except across the ocean. And if it were an amphibious bus, I might do that. When I was flying, I never saw the U.S. and what it really looked like. I saw the back of the concert hall, the hotel and the airport. Now I really see America. The last time I flew was in '82. I had such a bad flight. A two-engine plane. The flight was...

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