I LOVED that she brought her handbag onstage and just plunked it down on the piano. AS ONE DOES.

I love how she just sits down with her purse and hammers that shit out like a Sunday school teacher for the first half of the song. Then something shifts and she gets the Holy Spirit and just tears it up. And then you realize she wore a fine fur just for the wonderful showmanship of tossing off a fine fur in the…

there are not enough Yas Queen’s in the world that can describe her perfection.

I’m so ready for a soul music revival.

George Lucas though...

Why can’t the world have more performers like Aretha? Seriously, young pop stars these days need to take a page from her book. Train your natural voice, learn a fucking instrument, and become a talented BAMF.

All the times “Yas Queen” has been uttered, should have been saved for now.

Carole King’s reactions throughout the tribute were the damn best. (Well, that and Leslie Mueller, who I saw in Carousel here in Chicago some years back and she's fantastic.)

When she sits at the piano and Carole King can’t fucking believe it: