Merry Clayton quotes

I got put out of my church choir because my pastor said, 'We can't have baby sister singing the blues and coming in here and singing on Sunday morning.' (Merry Clayton)

I always say that I went to the College of Blossoms and the University of Ray Charles.

Merry Clayton

I knew how to sing in choirs and sing in church, but I didn't know how to sing in a studio. That's what Darlene and the Blossoms taught me to do - to be a studio singer.

Merry Clayton

My dad sung and played piano. But he was also a man of God. He was a minister. So when Sam Cooke would come in town, you know, with The Soul Stirrers at that time, he was singing gospel, they would end up at my dad's church, and it would always be a guest singer for Sunday morning.

Merry Clayton

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

Merry Clayton

I was very proud to be Mrs. Curtis Amy. My thing in life when I married Curtis Amy was being Mrs. Curtis Amy. Career was fine, but I was enthralled with being Curtis' wife. That was very important to me back then, and that's always important to a young lady from New Orleans. That's our upbringing: to be a wonderful wife and mother first.

Merry Clayton

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

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

Merry Clayton

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

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

Merry Clayton

Carole King is one of my dearest friends. Were like family. (Merry Clayton)

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: December 25, 1948
Quotes count: 11