Some memorable quotes from the legendary singer Roberta Flack, a former schoolteacher, who died on February 23rd at 88:

“Remember: always walk in the light. And if you feel like you’re not walking in it, go find it. Love the light.

There’s a river somewhere that flows through the lives of everyone.

I don’t try to be a soul singer, a jazz singer, a blues singer – no category. My music is my expression of what I feel and believe in a moment.

Love is universal, like music.

So, see every opportunity as golden, and keep our eyes on the prize – yours, not anybody else’s.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Getting married is easy. Staying married is more difficult. Staying happily married for a lifetime is among the fine arts.

Remember: always walk in the light. And if you feel like you’re not walking in it, go find it. Love the light.”