Vesta Williams Quotes

According to my grandmother, I started singing as soon as I began talking. I always wanted to be an entertainer. I knew that from the start.

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• According to my grandmother, I started singing as soon as I began talking. I always wanted to be an entertainer. I knew that from the start.

  

  Vesta Williams
  • Singing
  • Start
  • Grandmother