“I started with Bobby Darin. He signed me to Capitol when I was 15. I w...” — Merry Clayton Quote

“I started with Bobby Darin. He signed me to Capitol when I was 15. I was 14, getting ready to be 15. Then the next encounter I had was with I think Peggy Lee. I sang background with The Blossoms with Darlene Love.”

“I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasn't a big solo artist.”

“I was signed to A&M, I was signed to Lou Adler, who had a company within a company, which was A&M Records, and everything - James Taylor, Rita Coolidge, Carole King - I worked on all of that stuff.”

“I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background.”

“It doesn't matter what background you come from; it doesn't matter what your circumstances are - you can survive.”

“The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.”