GORDON CHAMBERS:
Well, I'll tell you her influence on me.
When I was actually producing her Christmas song, she — there was a note I wanted her to hit in the bridge and to take it a little bit more to church, take it a little higher.
And she looked at me and she said, "Gordon, I think you want to do what I do, baby. I think you want to do what I do."
And I said, "What do you mean by that?"
She said, "I think you want to sing, and, if you want to sing, that you should go for it."
And, really, sure enough, sure enough, that was the kick that I needed. And I came to New York from Atlanta and began recording the first of my three solo albums, the first album, "Introducing Gordon Chambers," which is an album that she loved. I'm now on my third album, "Sincere."
So, I wouldn't be the singer that I am if she — not for her inspiration. Many, many singers, many of the younger singers — Kelly Rowland was on the red carpet at the Grammys saying that the first time she ever met Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston was singing to her a Destiny's Child song.
So she gave so much inspiration. On Thursday night, the night before the Grammys, she went to support Kelly Price at a pre-Grammy party. So, I think that she gave a lot of encouragement. The girls that were in "Sparkle" with her said that she was very maternal, very warm.
And I think that she set the bar high, but in her interactions with other vocalists, she knew how to get down low and make you feel like you were a colleague.
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