"With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents……" — Jordin Sparks

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• As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me… — Mary J. Blige
• Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia… — Tracy Chapman
• Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens,… — Maya Angelou
• I'm very glad my mother didn't let me quit piano lessons at age 10. She said I wasn't old enough… — Condoleezza Rice
• From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin,… — Aberjhani
• You know later in life I was inspired to sing and that would've been Aretha, Chaka Khan, Mariah - the… — Anastacia
• Tell Aretha I’ll be praying for herBecause she needs Jesus!I love her. — Patti LaBelle
• Tentatively I stood a great lump of wood on the chopping block and bought the axe down on it. It… — Helen Garner
• Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away! — Aretha Franklin
• Aretha with no goals, eternally single & one step soft of heaven/ let it be understood that she owns this… — Bob Dylan
• There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was. — Peabo Bryson
• Absolutely, I grew up listening to soul music. People like Stevie, Aretha, Ray Charles, Michael and Prince. My parents' record… — Jesse McCartney

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