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My mother telling her, 'Listen, if you wanna sing,'
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My mother telling her,'Listen, if you wanna sing,' 'this is what's got to happen.' 'If you...

My mother telling her,
'Listen, if you wanna sing,' 'this is what's got to happen.' 'If you don't, tell me now.
I won't waste my time.'

Full Transcript

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My mother telling her, 'Listen, if you wanna sing,'
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'this is what's got to happen.'
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'If you don't, tell me now. I won't waste my time.'
Duration
8 seconds
Views
78
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:45
Uploaded
Jun 21, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, drama
Production
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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston.
To put her in a safe environment, away from the bullying. - Whitney 00:06
To put her in a safe environment, away from the bullying.
This was the investment John and Cissy were making in their daughter. - Whitney 00:06
This was the investment John and Cissy were making in their ...
They wanted her to be educated, sophisticated, not streetwise. - Whitney 00:06
They wanted her to be educated, sophisticated, not streetwis...
You know, it sounds like I'm giving you the gas, - Whitney 00:06
You know, it sounds like I'm giving you the gas,
They had a really great family dynamic going on. - Whitney 00:05
They had a really great family dynamic going on.
Did other things happen to her as a child, - Whitney 00:07
Did other things happen to her as a child,
I sound a little defensive, I know. - No. I'm just asking... - Whitney 00:05
I sound a little defensive, I know. - No. I'm just aski...
She had an idyllic childhood. - Whitney 00:04
She had an idyllic childhood.
She loved my father and loved my mother. - Whitney 00:05
She loved my father and loved my mother.
It bothered me. - What was it that drove them apart? - Whitney 00:05
It bothered me. - What was it that drove them apart?
I don't know. - Infidelity. - Whitney 00:07
I don't know. - Infidelity.
My dad, despite whatever philandering - Whitney 00:08
My dad, despite whatever philandering
He had tapped the phone, so he's sitting back in his office, - Whitney 00:08
He had tapped the phone, so he's sitting back in his of...
The truth is Cissy did have an affair with the minister at her church. - Whitney 00:07
The truth is Cissy did have an affair with the minister at h...
I think about my Father's house. - Whitney 00:04
I think about my Father's house.
Yes, sir! - In my Father's house there's food. - Whitney 00:08
Yes, sir! - In my Father's house there's food.
None of them would ever really get over it. - Whitney 00:05
None of them would ever really get over it.
That church had been Whitney's second family. - Whitney 00:05
That church had been Whitney's second family.
Whitney moved out as soon as she was 18 years old. - Whitney 00:05
Whitney moved out as soon as she was 18 years old.
I don't think Cissy even knew where she moved to. - Whitney 00:05
I don't think Cissy even knew where she moved to.