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“Having lost both my parents as a teenager, family is so important to me, and I cherish my time with my children and grandchildren. I have four children, and they all became lawyers - as I was myself before I got into music.” quote by Clive Davis — Download Open image

“Having lost both my parents as a teenager, family is so important to me, and I cherish my time with my children and grandchildren. I have four children, and they all became lawyers - as I was myself before I got into music.”

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My 'act' was schoolwork. I was your basic, garden-variety, ambitious, upwardly mobile, hard-working Jewish boy from Brooklyn. I was bound to go beyond my…

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The subject of bisexuality really needs much more discussion. Its a status that does exist.

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My years with Aretha Franklin have been very special, as were the years making records with Dionne Warwick. Other highlights include working with Janis…

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There's no way that music could ever go down the tubes. I can't imagine a civilization without music. When you realize today that music…

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