I used to live in Oakland (California), which has a large African American population, and every Sunday when I drove down Alcatraz Avenue I'd notice the fabulous millinery (fabulous clothes from head to toe, in fact) spilling out of the various Baptist churches, which in Oakland are the African American churches.

Hence I've always wanted to write a song called "Baptist Hats" about the joy and exuberance of the African American style of worship (contrasted to the drabness of that of my white Catholic experience back then), but probably that title wouldn't work because to most it would suggest white Baptists -- right? So what should I call it? Maybe if I had a good title I'd actually write the song.

I loved Aretha's hat. And I have been known to wear head wraps, but never one as classy as that!

Claire