these last few days. now we know her funeral will be august 31st. what do you believe that display of love for a reeretha franklin going to be like? >> i believe she finally gets what she wanted all her life and that is to be loved out loud. and now we're loving her out loud. but she was the same aretha yesterday, the day before yesterday, last year, the year before that. i just think the best thing we can do is not commit the travesty of forgetting. i think that we should probably endeavor to allow our national treasures to receive their flowers while they can still smell them. i think if i would lobby for anything, it would be that nobody ever forgets that she is, was and will always be queen of soul. >> i think we will never forget