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Matt Madurski's avatar

I don't tell you enough how much I appreciate your work! I learn so much from you, and you add an amazing and fresh perspective to songs I've known and loved for years but clearly never understood on quite the same level as you.

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Thea Wood's avatar

Thank you for the thoughtful write up on Whitney. She is on the list of women featured in my upcoming book “First Ladies of Music.”

I think it’s also significant to point out her religious upbringing. She spoke of God often and presumably had a hard time reconciling her faith with her sexuality-- most certainly contributing to her addictive behavior.

Between the inner turmoil and external pressures, one might say it’s a miracle she lived as long as she did.

From a business perspective, it’s another example of personal branding not lining up with reality or personal values. PR machines gone wild. This almost always leads to devastating outcomes professionally and/or personally. Tiger Woods, Charlie Sheen, Demi Lovato, Marilyn Monroe, and the jury is literally still out on Lizzo. The list goes on.

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