Kevin Richardson Quotes

My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters.

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• My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters.

  

  Kevin Richardson
  • Grandmother