Stars Remember Whitney Houston on Grammys Red Carpet
As the stars all gathered outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for the 54th Grammy Awards last night they all had the same thing on their minds, the tragic passing of music legend Whitney Houston.
Instead of using their red carpet interviews to talk about their own works and achievements, most of the stars recalled one of music's biggest stars, E! Online reports.
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Grammy host LL Cool J, spoke of finding the best way to honor Whitney, saying, "A lot of people stayed up real late trying to figure something out, and I hope that Whitney Houston's family and friends, first of all, and the rest of the people watching appreciate what we do."
"She sang the backdrop of our lives, you know. She really was the soundtrack of a lot of emotions and the different moments that we've all went through over these last 25 years." -- Billy Ray Cyrus
"I remember when I first heard Whitney, I called Clive Davis on the phone and said 'you really got the right artist, she's the greatest singer I've ever heard." -- Tony Bennett
"She would want it to be celebratory and to be about the music. She loved what she did." -- Kelly Price on how Whitney would want the Grammy ceremony to be
"My heart is heavy. My prayers go out to her mother, her daughter. Because if we feel this great of a loss, I can only imagine how heavy their hearts are." -- Kelly Rowland
"We can let music heal us, and we can celebrate Whitney through music. This is the one night of the year that's all about just music, of all genres. And everybody here has been affected by Whitney." -- Miranda Lambert
