Clive Davis shaped the careers of artists like Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The film explores Houstons addictions.
At one point you read a letter that you wrote to her.
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What runs through you when you watch that?CLIVE DAVIS:The greatest of pain and tragedy.
It brought a gasp to me and the realization of how serious her drug problem was.
Of course, I wrote the letter and tried so hard.
Knowing that she did not beat it, there will always be pain at her much-too-early passing.
What do you think of the genres evolution?Right now the domination of hip-hop is perhaps too dominating.
Mainstream urban [music] should not be 100 percent hip-hop.
I think that is narrowing the opportunity for genius at various levels to be discovered and listened to.
