Merry Clayton Quotes

• Stay cool, stay humble, stay beautiful, and just do the work

  Merry Clayton

  Beautiful, Humble, Stay Humble

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• I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasnt a big solo artist.

  Merry Clayton

  Artist, Play, Special

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• My family is part Creole, and were Indian, and were also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue.

  Merry Clayton

  Father, Blue, Black

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• I felt like if I just gave my heart to what I was doing, I would automatically be a star.

  Merry Clayton

  Stars, Heart, Felt

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• I started with Bobby Darin. He signed me to Capitol when I was 15. I was 14, getting ready to be 15. Then the next encounter I had was with I think Peggy Lee. I sang background with The Blossoms with Darlene Love.

  Merry Clayton

  Thinking, Encounters, Next

  "'20 Feet From' The Spotlight, There's Singing Worthy Of One". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 12, 2013.

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• I have always said every good thing is divinely sent from heaven.

  Merry Clayton

  Heaven, Good Things, Said

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• Carole King is one of my dearest friends. Were like family.

  Merry Clayton

  Kings, Like Family, Dearest Friend

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• My mother was a lupus patient. I was a child with the lupus gene.

  Merry Clayton

  Mother, Children, Patient

  "Singers Merry Clayton & Darlene Love". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. February 07, 2014.

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