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I naturally gravitated first to R&B and pop: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle.
Fighting here in Houston in front of my hometown crowd with all of my family and friends to support me is huge.
Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world.
When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.
Anybody tells me I get a chance to rep Houston, I'm gonna rep it proud. It's all I've been wanting to do forever.
I'm born and raised in Houston, Texas, but Wisconsin is always going to be a home for me, and I'll always be back.
Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.
I love Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Brandi, Sade, Nat King Cole. I like the Beatles. I listen to a lot of that.
My family is all from the Southwest. My great-great-grandfather was at the Battle of San Jacinto with Sam Houston.
At 15, saying I wanted to do a reggae album after growing up in a snazzy house in Houston - it was kind of random.
I'm really proud of what we are building at the University of Houston, and hope I spend the rest of my career here.
I'm the keeper of the flame for Whitney Houston. She was the greatest... and I don't want the world to forget that.
Houston's one of the most diverse urban areas in the entire country, and most people here are really proud of that.
I was in a theater company in Houston, Theatre Under the Stars, and I was involved in about 10 of their productions.
I grew up poor in East Houston. I used to be ashamed of it, but I'm not anymore. It's kind of a badge of courage now.
New Jersey makes important contributions to the space program. We want to make sure it just doesn't happen in Houston.
At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.
Growing up, I was in all the musicals and everything... I'd come home from school and bash out a few Whitney Houston songs.
I think the problems with being older come when your body cannot do what your mind wants. Then, Houston, we have a problem.
I have nothing against the Razorbacks. In fact, they are one of my favorite teams because they play so hard for Houston Nutt.
Whitney Houston's voice was the very first voice I fell in love with. She was the voice that made me want to become a singer.
I have a gut instinctive feeling that I will be as massive as Madonna, as massive as Michael Jackson... Whitney Houston, sure.
Well I've always wanted to sing at something called The Houston Rodeo in my hometown, so hopefully I'll get to do that one day.
You know, the funny thing was that I grew up listening to, like Whitney Houston and Cece Winans, and a lot of American singers.
I don't think I'm the face of the city or the Houston Astros. I'm just another guy who is playing hard to make dreams come true.
I'm really happy to be a part of the Houston Astros organization. I just want to keep playing hard and help this team win games.
Rap was an outlet for me to express myself. Nobody was trying to hear no R&B/Funk band from East Houston, so I guess I would rap.
If you go to any elementary school classroom in Texas, some kids in there are going to be named either Austin, Dallas or Houston.
Houston is a dynamic, international city shaped by leaders who dreamed big and acted with an eye firmly focused on the long term.
I grew up listening to such strong female solo artists. I love Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears.
I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.
When you're a pitcher for the Houston Astros and a stranger notices you in a mall in Colorado, you know things have really changed.
Houston people are way cool. They're smart, they know how to have a good time, and they have the hottest chicks on the planet there.
If I could, I would live in Houston, and I would encourage any comic starting out looking for a good place to develop to move there.
A store in Houston is selling Donald Trump piñatas filled with candy. So finally something good is going to come out of Donald Trump.
I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performances. I've always been inspired by them.
Houston fans want a high value for their entertainment dollar, and if you don't win, they will drop you and go on to the next big deal.
Where I'm staying, near Lafayette Street, Bowery, and Houston, you get different people with different spirits, and that's what I like.
Los Angeles, Houston, Denver, Atlanta: those are all cities that really didn't get big, didn't hit their stride until the 20th century.
The dream for me was always the Masters and after my freshman season on the Houston golf team I knew CBS was the only way I'd get there.
I wanted to be Whitney Houston at first, and when I started taking voice lessons, my voice teacher kind of geared me more towards opera.
The shoe culture in Houston is cool. There's a lot of sneakerheads and a lot of people that love shoes here - a lot more than I thought.
When Destiny's Child released their first record, I don't think I even noticed. I was still at school, and I had my own life in Houston.
There was an edge of, 'Go away kid, you're bothering me'. I've kicked myself a million times since. I could've discovered Whitney Houston.
I encourage the residents of Houston County to let their elected representatives know that closing the Dothan Trooper Post is unacceptable.
I've had two owners - Jim Dolan and Les Alexander in Houston. Both were terrific. They wanted to win badly and gave you the resources to win.
Houston's been getting flooded for a very long time. We always have to prepare for disasters and we have to do this in a very bipartisan way.
The Houston team I was on - we were just rolling. We just hit the right stride at the right moment. And the Lakers team, we were rolling again.
In 2011, my wife, Courtney, and I, with my amazing mother and sister, opened the Nantz National Alzheimer Center at Houston Methodist Hospital.
If you listen to my music then you've been all through District D. That's the South Side of Houston, Texas. That's where I was born and raised.